tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962394791591172576.post4153616484235787762..comments2023-10-18T11:12:42.730-04:00Comments on Mark's Ephemera: United We StandMark Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022715354021247303noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962394791591172576.post-38468957026448427712010-09-12T22:45:41.164-04:002010-09-12T22:45:41.164-04:00Nice post. I hadn't realized you were out of ...Nice post. I hadn't realized you were out of town then.<br /><br />A surreal time. Distance adds some perspective, but doesn't lessen the loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962394791591172576.post-22489021917244613242010-09-11T22:26:18.208-04:002010-09-11T22:26:18.208-04:00Thanks for your perspective.
Like you, I was out ...Thanks for your perspective.<br /><br />Like you, I was out of town but in Cleveland for the week. My hotel was packed with a massive convention which immediately broke up after the attack and (almost) everybody went home. I could not leave though as I was reporting on a trial for my company and that trial continued. My notes which I dictated back to my company that day read something like "Witness X testified as to blah, blah, blah.....Court adjourned abruptly due to an unknown problem in New York." <br /><br />Sitting in a large downtown hotel probably at 5% capacity for a week while this was going on was truly surreal.<br /><br />That said, the afternoon of 9-11 when I was finally able to get back into the hotel (the Cleveland police "closed" it for a while and searched it with dogs fearing a terrorist attack) and call home, my wife advised me that she was pregnant with our second child. Very strong mixed emotions that day.Contrary Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362063863211706180noreply@blogger.com