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ABOUT ONE:
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Is dedicated to the talented people who worked for Cahners Publishing.
The commitment to excellence that these people gave thoughout the history of the company is beyond the scope of most for over 50 years.
Although some have left us, a lot of us are still here in many different fields.
The "ONE" family we call Cahners is still here even though we are not sitting next to each other.
I hope through "ONE " we can exchange memories through pictures, words and videos.
God Bless all of us.
J.R. ( Bob) Murphy
Editor, "ONE "
9-11-2001
9-10-2001
Three Days so Different that Changed Our World Forever
At 8:46 a.m. New York Time, on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors.
As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767--United Airlines Flight 175--appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center, and sliced into the south tower at about the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and the streets below. America was under attack.
As millions watched in horror the events unfolding in New York,
American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington and slammed into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to a structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building. All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon along with all 64 people aboard the airliner.
Less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve center of the U.S. military, the horror in New York took a catastrophic turn for the worse when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke. The structural steel of the skyscraper, built to withstand winds in excess of 200 mph and a large conventional fire, could not withstand the tremendous heat generated by the burning jet fuel. At 10:30 a.m., the other Trade Center tower collapsed. Close to 3,000 people died in the World Trade Center and its vicinity, including a staggering 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City police officers, and 37 Port Authority police officers who were struggling to complete an evacuation of the buildings and save the office workers trapped on higher floors. Only six people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of their collapse survived. Almost 10,000 other people were treated for injuries, many severe.
Meanwhile, a fourth California-bound plane--United Flight 93--was hijacked about 40 minutes after leaving Newark International Airport in New Jersey. Because the plane had been delayed in taking off, passengers on board learned of events in New York and Washington via cell phone and Airfone calls to the ground. Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight attendants planned an insurrection. One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jr., told his wife over the phone that "I know we're all going to die. There's three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you, honey." Another passenger--Todd Beamer--was heard saying "Are you guys ready? Let's roll" over an open line. Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and was filling pitchers with boiling water. Her last words to him were "Everyone's running to first class. I've got to go. Bye."
The passengers fought the four hijackers and are suspected to have attacked the cockpit with a fire extinguisher. The plane then flipped over and sped toward the ground at upwards of 500 miles per hour, crashing in a rural field in western Pennsylvania at 10:10 a.m. All 45 people aboard were killed. Its intended target is not known, but theories include the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, or one of several nuclear power plants along the eastern seaboard.
At 7 p.m., President George W. Bush, who had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House. At 9 p.m., he delivered a televised address from the Oval Office, declaring "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve." In a reference to the eventual U.S. military response he declared: "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."
9-12-2001
Sept. 10, 2001,
was a day of unappreciated ironies and unexpectedly fateful decisions, a day when the important was often overlooked and the trivial often exaggerated. It was 12 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
For some, Sept. 10 was the last day of an era. For 3,031 people who would be at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and on four hijacked airliners the next day, it was the last day of life.
If Sept. 10 was less turbulent than the days ahead, it was hardly idyllic. According to a Gallup Poll completed that day, 55% of the citizens of the richest, most powerful nation in history were "dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States."
A nation that survived the Cold War seemed obsessed with lesser threats, such as shark attacks and "KILLER MOLD," which the morning New York Daily News said was afflicting an East Side apartment house.
Terrorism, in contrast, was something that happened somewhere else. Somewhere like Istanbul, where two policemen were killed that day and at least 20 people injured by a suicide bomber.
Similarly, Americans regarded Afghanistan with more distaste than alarm, despite the Taliban's latest outrage — the arrest of two young American women for allegedly preaching Christianity.
Instead, these stories riveted the country:
Actor Robert Blake was suspected but not yet charged with killing his wife after dinner at his favorite restaurant.
The Monday before Sept. 11 was like any other day, and unlike any other.
In New York, the day's high of 86 degrees is recorded at 2 p.m. The reservoirs are 71% full, the air quality is good, and the Yankees are 13 games ahead of the Red Sox. They play tonight at Yankee Stadium with Roger Clemens going for his 20th win.
A 7-pound abandoned newborn girl, found in Central Park by a homeless man, is in good condition at a hospital. Michael Jackson is playingMadison Square Garden, his first live performance in the continental USA since 1989.
The sun sets at 7:06 p.m., but no one sees it in New York City. A thunderstorm dumps .41 of an inch of rain and floods the field at Yankee Stadium. At 8:50 p.m., the Yankees and Red Sox game is canceled.
On Monday Night Football, the Giants-Broncos game ends well after midnight in the East. Some viewers grumble about going to bed late.
As I'm looking at a picture of my grandson Derrick (who's 1st birthday is today) and it sparks my memory back to 13 years ago and what happened over the next few days.
Muriel and I were living in South River,Newfoundland, Canada after leaving Cahners in Newton and moving there two years earlier.
The day started bringing out my white shepard "Polarbear" getting a phone call from my daughter Nicole and her son Nicholas who lived a couple of towns over in a place called Cupids. Muriel was in training with London Life Insurance in Halifax, Nova Scotia and I was watching the Today show from WBZ in Boston via satellite. (My typical boring morning)
Later that day, I went to the Royal Canadian Legion in Brigus to check out what supplies I need for a catering and a wedding job I have to work this coming weekend . After that I have to drop by to see how Muriel's parents are doing and eat supper there and head toward home. I drop by the Knights of Columbus bar for a couple beers and few games of pool and go up the street to home.Get home, walk Polarbear and back to the house and sit down, call Muriel find how her day went and watch a few hours of tv and head to bed.
In New York City and the world had a normal newsday
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The morning of 9/11 started like all others getting up breakfast, walking Polarbear and watching the Today Show which starts in Newfoundland at 8:30am because of the different time zone.
The Murphy Family on 9/11
At about 10:15 Matt Lauer cuts in saying there was a plane that hit the World Trade Tower in New York City. Over the next few minutes more and more happened a second plane hits another tower, The Pentagon gets hit and then a fourth plane goes down in Pennsylvania. I am at my wits end because I have Muriel in Halifax, my oldest Adam at a Naval Base in Maine and my youngest boy in Webster Mass .
First thing I do is call my daughter who lives in Cupids and tell her whats happening , now I have both of us worried. I try calling the Naval base for Adam , all lines buzy, then my son Jay who is working on the road. After I hang up trying to get my hold of my sons, Muriel calls. and tells me she has tried the same calls with the same rsultsd and then tells me all flights are cancelled and she will be stuck in Halifax until the airport opens again. My son Jay finally calls me about four hours later and my son Adam didn't call until that Friday.
Over the next few days everyone is glued to the tv and trying to get hold of friends and family. Flags were flying , neighbors talked, friends reunited, and a sense of oneness against a common enemy.
As I write this column I wish that closeness we all felt on 9/11 2001 rekindles itself on this anniversary of one of the worse things that happened in our lifetime.
God Bless all who died that day and God bless the families and God Bless all of us. AMEN
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In
Memoriam
Jeffrey Mladenik
Andrew Curry Green
Jeffrey P Mladenik was Vice-President of Market Developmernt of Cahners Manufacturiung & Electronics Division and intrem CEO of e-Logic
Andrew Curry Green was Director of Business Development for e-Logic.
The Cahners Family lost both of them on American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the World Trade Center.
God Bless Them and their families on this anniversary of their tragic deaths