Sunday September 11, 2005 Flying on 9/11
I've been summoned to the Santa Clara campus for planning meetings around the next iteration of the Sun Update Connection. Since our director wanted us to be ready to work early on Monday, we were asked to fly in on Sunday if possible. So there I am, preparing myself to board a plan in a little more than one hour.
Well, it happens that today is 9/11. At first, I was a little nervous to be flying on that date. 9/11 still has a strong imprint on the American psyche, and it is easy to bring back the horrible images of the planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Still, I did convince myself that everything would be OK. So there I am at the airport, getting ready to leave.
Mollie, my beautiful wife, is worried though. She can't help it, she is a worrier and would be worried on any other day of the year. She made me promise to call her as soon as I am allowed to do so. I'll of course do so since I know that she will be worried sick until I call her.
Flying on this day is certainly a sobering experience.
-- Fred
Update: The flight was uneventful. I called Mollie as soon as we were allowed to use a cellphone. She was very much relieved.
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