[PeterLake]

Thanks, Jason, for the sensitvity of recognizing this event on a forum dedicated to other types of subject matter.

My spouse lost a family member in the WTC attacks. I toyed with adding his name to this post, because his 911 call from the top of one of the towers was ended by its collapse, and it reminds us that most of the victims did nothing more than go to work to provide for their families. That demographic seems to apply to many who read this site. Even so, I'm sorry to say that specifics regarding 9/11 seem to bring out the trolls and inflammatory posts. Therefore, I'll just say my thanks again.

[PeterLake]

Thanks, Jason, for the sensitvity of recognizing this event on a forum dedicated to other types of subject matter.

My spouse lost a family member in the WTC attacks. I toyed with adding his name to this post, because his 911 call from the top of one of the towers was ended by its collapse, and it reminds us that most of the victims did nothing more than go to work to provide for their families. That demographic seems to apply to many who read this site. Even so, I'm sorry to say that specifics regarding 9/11 seem to bring out the trolls and inflammatory posts. Therefore, I'll just say my thanks again.

[Mister HP]

Hello friends, fellow pocket pc enthusiasts, and fellow Americans and non Americans. This is truly a day to mourn- the loss of 3000+ lives and symbols which stood for our very ideals. I would like to thank you Jason for paying respects and honors to this event and starting a new thread for posters to comment. My hope and prayers go out to all of those who have suffered a loss 5 years ago and continue to suffer. We Remeber 9/11/01.

[notesguy88]

Originally Posted by Brad Adrian

Thank you for sharing your story. I know every reader joins me in wishing you the best of luck and success in your new, selfless career.

And hey, don't forget to let us know about all the ways you find to use your Pocket PC to help you in your new endeavors!

Thanks for your words of encouragement! Last semester I took a course in the use of IT in the field of emergency management as well as in homeland security and counter-terrorism. However the professor never mentioned the use of PocketPC's for those efforts.

I'm thinking one potential usage of PocketPCs in this field may be in the use of a RFID scanner device attached to a PocketPC with wireless data capability that would be able to send real time data on containers/cargo from ports. I think that's something like what UPS/Fedex/USPS do when you track a package being delivered to you. But for that they usually do the scan at various stops along the road that the truck is travelling. I'm thinking off the top of my head but I'm sure mobile/portable solutions for transmitting RFID data already exist with or without using PocketPCs.

[karen]

I've just returned minutes ago from the WTC site. I was also here in 2003, staying at the Hilton Millennium. I just compared my 2003 photos to the pictures I took today.

With all the talk about the lack of progress, I was amazed by what has been completed in the last 3 years. I had no idea that theh Path and Subway stations are back open, that there was so much construction completed, and that the businesses surrounding the site were so complete. I remember walking around the site last time and thinking "this is a war zone". This year it was a construction site like many others, albeit with much more meaning to me.

I used to work in the Pentagon, somewhere deep in a subbasement, in the innner rings. What I remember most about those years were the ramps inside the building - like in a stadium. There were stairs, but most people used the ramps. It was the 80s, so we women all wore suits and heels. I remember carrying one of those suitcase-sized Compaq luggables over my sholder, with high heels, down the ramps. It's a wonder that I didn't fall over more often.

The other memory I have is of the guys who changed the lightbulbs. They walked around on stilts, with the tubes in a quiver like thing on their backs. Replacing tubes was a full time job.

I resolve to travel often, without fear. If I were to perish due to this resolve, I know I would have gone doing what I love. One can't ask for anything more.

Karen

[k1darkknight]

Originally Posted by That_Kid

Yes I do, I also remember all the military aircraft flying 2000 ft above my house from richmond and norfolk.

I realize it's been nearly a week since the anniversary date, but I'm only just now getting caught up on e-mail, and happenned across this thread. The first thing I always think of, when thinking about that horriffic day, is being woken up after the second plane hit, and watching the replays on TV. I had to work, I think around noon...maybe 12:30...I don't remember for sure.

Anyway, the area I live in had a bit of a scare, somewhere between a half hour and an hour later. I live about 20 minutes south of Dayton, OH, so anyone around here might remember what I'm referring to. Sometime between 11 and 11:30, we heard a loud BOOM in the distance. It sounded like when lightning actually hits the ground, rather than a tree or anything. Or, many thought, like a plane crashing...

What made this even more frightening was that there was a LOT of smoke rising from a rather small area, in the general vicinity of the V.A. hospital. You can just imagine what people around here thought had happenned. As it turned out, the smoke was from someone burning leaves or trash or somesuch, roughly across the street from the V.A. Hospital. Ironically enough, the loud BOOM actually WAS from a plane...it was from a US military jet, breaking Mach I. (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is about 20 minutes east of Dayton.)

Once everything was straightened out, and everyone realized what had really happenned, you could almost feel the partial relief in the air. But at the same time, it also made people that much more aware of how much a target our area could be, simply because of an Air Force base nearby.

I don't think I knew anyone who was in the WTC towers, survivors or not. As far as I know, I don't have any relatives who live or work closer to NYC, than upstate New York. I have an uncle who used to work in (or near) DC, but I think he'd moved a year or two earlier. Like many people, I doubt if anyone I know even had any relatives or close friends who died that day...but I still feel the impact, to this day. I'm not going to get political, but I know I'll never forget 9/11...just as I'll never forget seeing members of congress standing on those steps, singing "God Bless America."

Never forget 9/11.
And never forget how this country pulled together.
For a few months, anyway.