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Old Sep 8, 2011 | 10:28 pm
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Originally Posted by kcblakely
My question is why did everyone seem to feel the need to cancel everything and go home? I mean, 9/11 was a crazy day ....
I'm going to guess that at the time you were relatively young.

September 11th was the "Pearl Harbor" of our generation --- an attack so unnerving and surprising that the overall feeling of the country was shock and dismay.

When that happens, there's no work that's going to be done.
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