I was in SD as well...

Bill Anderson

On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM Kurt Wendt <kwendt@pakoinc.com> wrote:

> Wow Ed - I saw the email notifications popping up on my work computer -

> but, only now just started reading it!!! Yikes!

>

> I'm not even sure I shared this story here - but, here goes...

>

> But, the precursor. Who remembers the original attempt in 1993???

>

> Back then, I had been working on the 97th floor of the World Trade Center.

> And it was crazy. The day it happened. Going out to around the elevators

> and smelling smoke. Then the company I worked for, had all employees

> congregate at the lowest floor Of the company - because they actually

> occupied three floors. They had us wait about an hour and a half before

> letting us go down the stairwells when they finally figured it was safe to

> go down. Then it was crazy 'cause it took an hour and a half to walk all

> the way down the stairway. When I got down and outside. I called my then

> wife. And I said I'm out of the building. She asks if I'm OK. I said no I'm

> not, I'm starving 'cause I never had lunch!

>

> Now moving forwards to the year 2001. I had been working 1 1/2 blocks away

> from the World Trade Center. And I would commute into the base of the World

> Trade Center, then go out of the building and walk to my job. On, August.

> 31st, 2001 I quit my day job - to become a full time Mr. Mom. Then, 11 days

> later, I'm watching the TV in the morning with my munchkin on my lap. Am my

> then wife was upstairs and starts yelling and freaking out and yells for me

> to turn on the TV. But to the news station. And that's when I'm seeing The

> towers being attacked. It was insane.!!!

>

> And of course, many people will say that my child saved my life because

> then I was not in the vicinity of the towers when it happened. But due to

> how my job was, I would never show up until about 10am - 'cause it was

> about support of a database system and I would typically work until like a

> 6pm or late shift doing something like 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM - so I would Not

> have possibly arrived at the Towers when the catastrophe was happening!

>

> Anyway. There you have it...

>

> ________________________________________

> From: Edward Leafe <ed@leafe.com>

> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2026 4:18 PM

> To: ProFox Mailing List <profox@leafe.com>

> Subject: 25 years ago today

>

>

> … I was at the FoxPro DevCon in San Diego. The previous San Diego DevCon

> in 1995 had been held at the downtown Marriot Hotel - it was a wonderful

> location, with views of the water, lots of restaurants within walking

> distance, and a nice modern vibe. This time, though, it was at a hotel at

> the airport. My room opened up to a wonderful view of the runways, which

> were in constant use, and even with the balcony door closed, provided a

> pretty high decibel level. I must have complained to a dozen people about

> the noise.

>

> The next day, though, it was eerily silent. You all know why. I never

> thought I would miss that constant noise, but the quiet, along with the

> implication, was much worse.

>

>

> -- Ed Leafe

>

>

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