Other than the obvious irrepeairable damage done by the trauma of watching a plane crash into the North Tower live on TV the events of that day had 2 profound effects on my life.
1. My Mom was working in Tel Aviv at the time. She had just started a year long assignment there about two weeks before 9/11. Things got very tense for our family for about 10 more monts. Many will remember a significant increase in suicide bombings in Israel over the next couple of years. It was not much fun for her or for us.
2. I worked for Boeing back then. 3 days after 9/11 I was given a layoff notice. We still haven't fully recovered financially and this city is just getting back to normal. Other than New York City, perhaps no other city in the US was so dramatically affeced by 9/11 than Wichita, Kansas.
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I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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