My jacket patch from the recovery project.
I
was preparing for a flight to Chicago for an executive meeting. I was the Vice
President of safety & training for Medcor. One of the largest occupational
health providers in the US. It was a beautiful Tuesday in September. Cheryl
dropped the girls off at School and when she returned home, she said, what is
this news about a plane hitting the World Trade Center? I was in my tiny
"office" (a ridiculously small bedroom we couldn't put a bed in, so I
put a desk in it). I turned on the tiny TV sitting on my file cabinet in
time to see Bernard Shaw, and watch the second plane. Little did I know that
less than a month later, we'd be the occ health provider on that pile.
I was there. I saw the outpouring of love and patriotism. I saw the "Taj Mahal" - a giant canvas tent building that included decon, rest bunks, counseling and the huge mess hall with walls lined with pictures from children around the world, and food prepared by the best chefs of New York - Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich, Emeril Lagasse - and many others - volunteered time to feed the weary workers on the pile.
We all have our questions, but I am stating right now that I will delete any responses that are other than those honoring and respecting the memory of those who died, and those who worked that event. Please save your conspiracy theories for another time.
The deaths were real. The tragedy was real. And I am very proud of the people with whom I worked, who did the heavy lifting on that pile.
God bless them all.
God bless America.
I was there. I saw the outpouring of love and patriotism. I saw the "Taj Mahal" - a giant canvas tent building that included decon, rest bunks, counseling and the huge mess hall with walls lined with pictures from children around the world, and food prepared by the best chefs of New York - Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich, Emeril Lagasse - and many others - volunteered time to feed the weary workers on the pile.
We all have our questions, but I am stating right now that I will delete any responses that are other than those honoring and respecting the memory of those who died, and those who worked that event. Please save your conspiracy theories for another time.
The deaths were real. The tragedy was real. And I am very proud of the people with whom I worked, who did the heavy lifting on that pile.
God bless them all.
God bless America.
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