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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not being a smart ass, but use common sense. On 9-11, I worked in downtown DC. When all hell broke loose, I was shocked at how little sense my coworkers had. They were waiting for our boss to give guidance and authorize them to leave. I was 22 and had enough sense to buzz past him, exit the building, and board the empty train.

I got out of DC easily because I left immediately. Rule #1-- leave at the first sign of trouble, and don't be afraid to use your best judgment. Don't rely on the people in charge to have the best judgment in a crisis. [/quote]

Same here. I wasn't going to wait for Big Boss to tell me what to do. Good Lord. Big Boss actually said the curtain would protect us from shrapnel.

Shrapnel?? We had bigger problems than that.

I was out of there as soon as I knew what happened. And remember that we had bad internet and no mobile phones with news access. And, because I was a "just" a government contractor, aka second class citizen we had ancient computers that did not have internet access so I had no connection to the news until I went to the cafeteria to watch a television.

After this, they gave gas masks to the federal workers but said government contractors would have to ask for these items after the next tragedy happened. lol Gotta love the treatment of contractors...

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