CB042 Tragedy pp.qxd
8/26/04
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When Tragedy Strikes Finding Security In A Vulnerable World by Tim Jackson “
re you near a TV?” was the question my wife blurted out when I picked up the phone. “No,” I responded, somewhat surprised that I didn’t get the usual upbeat greeting from her. I was working at my desk as I would be on any normal Tuesday morning. “Get to one!” she insisted. “Two planes have just hit the World Trade Center towers in New York. They think it might be terrorists!” Moments later I was huddled around a small TV monitor in a cramped video editing suite with a few co-workers. We stared in stunned silence as the images of United Flight 175 and American Flight 11 slashing into the two towers were replayed again and again. As we tried to absorb the enormity of what was happening, the south tower collapsed in a cloud of smoke and rubble. A short time later the north tower collapsed into itself. One moment they were there. Then they were gone, taking with them an unknown number of lives. For the rest of that day and many more to follow, I was glued to every newscast to learn as much as I could of the fate of those caught in what certainly has become one of the most surreal events I have
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