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I was working for Red Hat software at the time. We were at a huge trade show in Atlanta at the time, at the convention center in the CNN headquarters building. Several people that worked for us, were in New York at the time, for business at the WTC. We were gearing up for a good trade show and had actually scored a booth right accross from microsoft;)
One of the guys I worked with was a marine in the reservers.. he was actually one of the main characters depicted in the movie Blackhawk Down. Before we even heard news of the planes hitting (we were busy prepping everyone and our booth, etc), and he got a call. We didnt have a TV or anything there, and thats how we found out. He was shipped out to Afganistan that day. Red Hat called a bus for us to bring us back to Raleigh. It was the weirdest vibe walking around downtown Atlanta after that happened. Downtown was crowded with people as usual, but they were just all in shock.
We were kinda worried because we were at CNN headquarters wich is really a major communications hub for the country. We all kinda had it in the back of our minds that this probably wasnt the best place to be..
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