Reflecting yesterday on the events of 15 years ago I realized that was the first time that I wanted to be somewhere as part of two teams.
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Now, I was just a copy runner (gopher) for the most part although I did edit some of the TV Guide and provide some freelance photography and help in the darkroom once in a while, but it was still fun to be part of the team. The first gulf war, the Olympics, any election, these were always fun to be in the newsroom for. The remote control was glued into my hand for the next few hours as I switched back and forth from station to station getting as much information as I could, just like we would in the newsroom. In September 2001, I had only been at fire dispatch for two and a half years after working at a major daily newspaper for the previous seven years. I cursed at the screen, and I recall feelings of initial disbelief, and then sadness and hate when that 767 slammed into World Trade Center 1, the south tower. I turned on the TV with about five minutes to try to take in what was happening before the second tower was hit. I should have been sleeping in, preparing for my upcoming night shift at Calgary's fire dispatch. In the past week we have had to think about it once again, but I am sure that the answer will be etched in each other's brains for an eternity.įor me, I was laying in my bed wondering why I was awake. – Where were you when.? We have all heard that question or asked it of people.
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