When we lived in New Jersey and I ran the international business for Pharmacia Animal Health, I bought tickets for me and my two young boys to see the Yankees play the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in Bronx on September 10, 2001. Back then, and as I still think today, this was the greatest rivalry in sports, and we were all very excited. But after waiting around for a while in the stadium, the game was called because of rain, and we headed home rather bummed out.<\/p>\n
The traffic across the George Washington Bridge was terrible that night, and since the boys liked to see the lights of Manhattan, we headed down the FDR Drive to lower Manhattan to drive around the World Trade Center. Despite the weather, the stormy skies made for dramatic views of the massive towers that symbolized the strength of the city and our country. We didn\u2019t get to see two great baseball teams play, but we got to see two great towers.<\/p>\n
The morning of Tuesday, September 11, was gorgeous. When the first plane hit the North Tower, I was finishing a budget review meeting with the country manager of Japan. When the second plane hit the South Tower, I had just started a budget review meeting with the country manager of Brazil. These two country managers on the other sides of the world told me that planes had hit the towers \u2013 that\u2019s how I found out.<\/p>\n
The traffic was terrible that morning because the Giants had lost to the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football and people were late leaving for work. One of my best friends was late for a morning meeting with Cantor Fitzgerald in their offices at the top of the North Tower. He was stuck on the George Washington Bridge \u2013 no one in the Cantor Fitzgerald offices that morning survived.<\/p>\n
Because of the weather, we saw the magnificent WTC towers the night before they collapsed and burned for 100 days. Because of the traffic, my friend\u2019s life was spared. I will never forget what happened that day.<\/p>\n
Telling stories is a great way to remember things in our lives \u2013 for me it is cathartic. If you have a story about 9\/11 you\u2019d like to tell, send it to us and we will figure out a way to share them with our readers.<\/em><\/p>\n Bob Jones, CEO<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quando mor\u00e1vamos em Nova Jersey e eu dirigia a divis\u00e3o internacional da Pharmacia Sa\u00fade Animal, comprei ingressos para mim e meus dois filhos pequenos para assistir ao jogo entre os Yankees e os Red Sox no Yankee Stadium, no Bronx, em 10 de setembro de 2001. Naquela \u00e9poca, e como ainda penso hoje, essa era a maior rivalidade do esporte, e est\u00e1vamos todos muito animados. Mas, depois de esperar um tempo no est\u00e1dio, o jogo foi cancelado por causa da chuva, e voltamos para casa bastante desanimados. O tr\u00e2nsito na Ponte George Washington estava terr\u00edvel naquela noite, e como os meninos gostavam de ver as luzes de Manhattan, fomos pela FDR Drive at\u00e9 o sul de Manhattan para dar uma volta de carro ao redor do World Trade Center. Apesar do tempo, o c\u00e9u tempestuoso proporcionou vistas dram\u00e1ticas das torres gigantescas que simbolizavam a for\u00e7a da cidade e do nosso pa\u00eds. N\u00e3o pudemos ver dois grandes times de beisebol jogando, mas pudemos ver duas torres magn\u00edficas. A manh\u00e3 de ter\u00e7a-feira, 11 de setembro, estava linda. Quando o primeiro avi\u00e3o atingiu a Torre Norte, eu estava terminando uma reuni\u00e3o de revis\u00e3o or\u00e7ament\u00e1ria com o gerente do Jap\u00e3o. Quando o segundo avi\u00e3o atingiu a Torre Sul, eu tinha acabado de come\u00e7ar uma reuni\u00e3o de revis\u00e3o or\u00e7ament\u00e1ria com o gerente nacional do Brasil.<\/p>\n