FW: Home Finally!!

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Sent:=09Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:57 AM
To:=09Gilbert, Gerald; Forney, John M.; Day, Smith L.; Platter, Phillip
Subject:=09FW: Home Finally!!

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From: =09"Jeffrey Miller" <jmiller79@houston.rr.com<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOT=
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Sent:=09Wednesday, September 19, 2001 8:18 PM
To:=09Miller, Jeffrey
Subject:=09Fw: Home Finally!!

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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:41 PM
Subject: Fw: Home Finally!!
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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: FW: Home Finally!!
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Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 10:40 PM Subject: Home finally!=20
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I just wanted to drop you all a note and let you know that I arrived safe=
and sound into Dulles Airport tonight at about 6:00. It was an interesting=
flight. The airport in Denver was almost spooky, it was so empty and quie=
t. No one was in line for the security check point when I got there so tha=
t went fairly quickly, just x-ray of my bags and then a chemical test to b=
e sure nothing explosive was on them. Then I waited 2 1/2 hours to board t=
he plane. What happened after we boarded was interesting and thought I wou=
ld share it with you. The pilot/captain came on the loudspeaker after the=
doors were closed. His speech went like this: First I want to thank you =
for being brave enough to fly today. The doors are now closed and we have =
no help from the outside for any problems that might occur inside this pla=
ne. As you could tell when you checked in, the government has made some ch=
anges to increase security in the airports. They have not, however, made a=
ny rules about what happens after those doors close. Until they do that, w=
e have made our own rules and I want to share them with you. Once those doo=
rs close, we only have each other. The security has taken care of a threat=
like guns with all of the increased scanning, etc. Then we have the suppo=
sed bomb. If you have a bomb, there is no need to tell me about it, or any=
one else on this plane; you are already in control. So, for this flight, t=
here are no bombs that exist on this plane. Now, the threats that are left=
are things like plastics, wood, knives, and other weapons that can be mad=
e or things like that which can be used as weapons. Here is our plan and o=
ur rules. If someone or several people stand up and say they are hijacking=
this plane, I want you all to stand up together. Then take whatever you h=
ave available to you and throw it at them. Throw ! it at their faces and h=
eads so they will have to raise their hands to protect themselves. The ver=
y best protection you have against knives are the pillows and blankets. Wh=
oever is close to these people should then try to get a blanket over their=
head--then they won't be able to see. Once that is done, get them down an=
d keep them there. Do not let them up. I will then land the plane at the c=
losest place and we WILL take care of them. After all, there are usually o=
nly a few of them and we are 200+ strong! We will not allow them to take ov=
er this plane. I find it interesting that the US Constitution begins with =
the words "We, the people"--that's who we are, THE people and we will not =
be defeated. With that, the passengers on the plane all began to applaud,=
people had tears in their eyes, and we began the trip toward the runway. =
The flight attendant then began the safety speech. One of the things she s=
aid is that we are all so busy and live our lives at such a fast pace. She=
asked that everyone turn to their neighbors on either side and introduce =
themselves, tell each other something about your families and children, sh=
ow pictures, whatever. She said "for today, we consider you family. We wil=
l treat you as such and ask that you do the same with us." Throughout the =
flight we learned that for the crew, this was their first flight since Tue=
sday's tragedies. It was a day that everyone leaned on each other and toge=
ther everyone was stronger than any one person alone. It was quite an expe=
rience. You can imagine the feeling when that plane touched down at Dulles=
and we heard "welcome to Washington Dulles Airport, where the local time =
is 5:40". Again, the cabin was filled with applause. It has been a very l=
ong day and one that I am glad is over. I have been constantly reminded th=
is day of the ar! ticle in JAAMT that Barbara Williams recently wrote where=
she referenced the tornados in Oklahoma and said something like, "Do we g=
et mad and shake our fists at God in anger? No, we go on and conquer our f=
ears and continue our lives." It is my hope that is what we do now. Last n=
ight I saw a program with college students where one of them said that at =
their campus there are no more hyphenated titles, i.e., African-American, =
etc., everyone is just an American. No one will ever be able to take that =
pride away from us.=20

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