Message #11011

[jewels6567]

Hey everyone...I'm checking in from DC.  Yesterday was a horrible and crazy day and I'm just still in shock and exhausted.  Since I run our travel department on the executive level I heard about this right away.  We thought it was an accident first and wanted to find out if we had any company people on the plane.  



I also had a meeting in Crystal City yesterday morning (which for those of you who don't know is right next to the Pentagon and Reagan National Airport) and was on my way down there when we heard about the second plane.  Traffic slowed down on the GW Parkway and then the news came on to say that the Pentagon was hit.  We drove by it about 2 minutes later and it was just shocking.  We couldn't get off the parkways since all exits were blocked off.  My boss called and told us to come back.  Everything was closing by then.  



Got back to the office and started the process to try and find out if any of our people were on those flights.  We then also found out we had 40 people in the WTC that day so we started the process to locate them.  I am happy to report that we did not have any ppl on the flights and we have located all but 3 of our people.  We worked hard to find housing for all of our people in NY and DC.  



I also know several people who work at the Pentagon and found out all of them are safe and okay.



My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families of victims and the survivors themselves.  



I was listening to CSPAN this morning and there was a caller who was at the scene in NY.  His recount was just heartbreaking and I found myself in tears (again) over this whole situation.  



Again all of you in NY have my prayers.  



Julie