#10 Postby pojo » Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:13 am
Thanks for the memories.
You should have been on campus that day. I couldn't walk through the University Union nor could I get through the Garden Cafe. There was hundreds of people lined up watching the days events unfold on campus televisions. Extra TV's had to be brought out from Media Services that way we ALL could get a chance to how the events were unfolding. Chancellor Bruce Shepard emailed all the students and told us how grateful and how UWGB will not falter under any conditions. Be strong and we will survive. There was thousands of people watching the campus flags (American, Wisconsin and UWGB) being dropped to Half Mass. That really brought tears to my eyes. I had one class that day and it was hard to concentration on lecture.
At that time, I was working at Channel 5, and well I had to work that night, all the assignment board read was "Attack on America". That's it, nothign else. Things were somber there too. I still have the Red, White and Blue ribbons on my backpack from Channel 5 and everytime I look at them, it reminds me of how America (and the world) pulled together to aid in clean-up/recovery efforts in New York.
Because of my affiliation with the American Red Cross (ARC)(through my YMCA's), I was almost on a plane headed out to New York/DC. My bosses told the president of the Neenah-Menasha ARC that I was to valuable at the Y, that I needed to stay and teach swimming lessons. Through emails and phone calls to my family, the YMCA and the ARC, the situation settled and I was allowed to stay in Green Bay. It would have been a new meaning of life if I had to venture out to NYC/DC, but either way, it still is. Remembering 9/11 always brings tears to my eyes and how we are fighting to combat terrorism.
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