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September 11, 2001

The early morning of 9/11 I get a call from a dear friend in Akron Ohio
telling me a plane hit the tower... after not believing her.. I turn on the TV
My first thought.. no way.. how in the hell can some dumb ass Piper Cub pilot
not see the towers

Within minutes my day exploded..
frantic calls from a number of buddies from Akron.. Merrill Lynch financial advisors near Wall St
on their way to the tower top floors for a training seminar at Merrill HDQ.. and trapped on the island
another call from a cousin who couldn't locate her son who was scheduled to be near Wall St

Vividly remember my shock when my TV went completely black
Took me a while to digest that our communications all came from equipment that sat atop the towers
but my first reaction was Armageddon tier.. like WTF is happening...

Major irony.. I went out the front door... was a pristine blue very sunny pleasant day...
and from my porch I could see the plumes of smoke..
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Game Thread tOSU at Texas, Sat. Sept 12, 7:30 pm ET, ABC

I'm geared up at work today with my Brutus polo and Buckeye socks ready for this one. Dog treats are primed on the counter for Woody so he gets the hook up on every score. Work has been insane all week but I went in at 6 this morning so I can leave early and actually get ready for this one. Can't wait.

End of the day, I think we pull off another tight one. Arch is not the QB we thought he'd be, but Coleman is a big weapon and I don't know that we have a lock down guy that will totally shut him down, but we just need to limit him and Wingo. Sanchez needs to make that big step and be the big lock down 5* CB we brought in to star in our secondary, no way around it. Same for Mathews, but less concerned on him.

Offensively, just protect Julian and get him quick rhythm throws to start. Get Jeremiah and McCuin eating early, with some TEs underneath to open it up. Don't force the big play, we can beat them over 4 quarters.

Let's freaking go Bucks!
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Former Hockey Players Sue Michigan Over Alleged Sexualized Hazing

Having watched, year in and year out, how Berenson's players were the most chippy, cheap-shot artists in college hockey, I'm beginning to understand why. They had some serious anger issues to deal with. Still a bunch of bitches though.

Fuck Berenson. Glad he lived long enough to get dragged through the mud. Hopefully, he won't pull a Paterno and conveniently die so he doesn't have to deal with the fallout.
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September 11, 2001

I'm surprised no one has said anything, yet, about it today.

Some buddies and I get together every Monday night, and September 10 was no different. The Broncos were playing someone on MNF - I forget who. But right before halftime, one of the two teams tried a field goal and missed. It was a long field goal and time remained on the clock. So the other team got the ball and also tried a field goal. I'd never before or since seen that: back-to-back field goal attempts by both teams.

Howard Stern was still on broadcast radio. I was listening to him the next morning. I was surveying gas stations in NE Ohio, so I was traveling to the first one of the day when they said a plane hit the first tower. They were joking about it saying some guy probably lost control of his plane and hit the tower. They didn't dwell on it much. But I wanted to hear more so I turned it to an AM station in Cleveland to try to get some more news on it. Whatever that station was, or whatever that show was - they were already interviewing someone at the scene. Maybe it was a national show or something. He was explaining what he witnessed, then started yelling about how it blew up, again. The radio show host then said, "Um, no - the other tower was just hit."

I got to the first site I was surveying, and while I was doing that, the gas station attendant came out and said that the Pentagon was just hit.

On my way to the next site, I had to pull over and relax. I was pretty worked up. I don't think I made it to the second site - I just went home.

I was the young guy at the company then. Now all the old guys have retired, and I'm the old guy. I talk to the young guys now about it and find out they were playing kick ball in 2nd grade when they found out. Or, the newest young guy - "I wasn't even born, yet."

I have a niece who was born in 2001. She said she knew of at least 2 people in school with birthdays on 9/11/01.
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