9/11

Since every news source today is talking about the events of 9/11 today, I thought I would just make two comments.

First, like most Americans, I remember exactly what I was doing that day. We were in Vancouver waking up to the news and shocked by what we saw. It was also my first day of class at Regent, and it made for a very surreal experience. I really appreciate my profs that night who prayed for the Americans and offered words of comfort and hope.

Secondly, 9/11 started in Nashua in one respect. Not more than a mile from my house is Boston Center, FAA control building that monitors flights over the Northeast portion of our country. It was in that building that ATC realized that there were planes flying overhead that were not responding to calls and that turned the transponders off. Nothing like this had happened before and I am sure they never expected what was going to happen next.

A very very sad day indeed.