What I most remember is the conversation I had with my eight year old boy that night
Tomorrow, the first child born after 9/11 will be eligible to enlist in a military still fighting the war this day started.
Class of "78" lost our class president Ken "Waldo" Waldie on 9/11. He was a passenger on one of the planes that hit the towers.
Personally, I lost a former Commander and mentor, RADM Bud Flagg who was on the flight that hit the Pentagon. RADM Flagg had been my boss
when I held my first Reserve Command and he and I had gotten together a few months before 9/11 and were planning to meet up again at the end
of Sept in Reno to touch base for some Navy career advice.
I took this pic from the western shore of the Hudson River later in 2001. View attachment 1671
Thanks for the correction...was thinking one thing and typing another. I hate typing on an iPad....
To be totally correct, it was American Flight 77 that hit the Pentagon on 9/11. I believe Bud Flagg and his wife were traveling to Los Angeles for a family wedding. He was a passenger that day, not one of the pilots.
My Dad retired as a NYFD Lieutenant and came home with some bad burns from some big fires. The officers were always the first in and last out. This was before Scott Packs and fireproof suits. They used to carry rocks in their suits when cars used to come close to the rear of the engine through the city. A rock in your windshield might make you back off.A reminder of the heroes who went in but did not come out. This is what Leadership is all about :
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/23/...rst-last-unbreakable-links-chain-command.html