My 9/11 connection, other than running from toxins in the air

This was when I was living in Queens and first tech job working for an Indian / American tech entity (developing WAP software, I was the marketing kid and they taught me some WAP cards development) called Zy Technologies. We were on 6th Avenue (AKA Avenue of the Americas) and 26th Street when the towers fell. So, yeah major plumes of smoke gushing up 6th.

We just thought it was it was an explosion or an accident, there was no way to tell, cops were directing everyone north (subway was closed), as there were no real alert systems (sounds funny right?) on mobile phones then. We actually ended up walking across the GW Bridge from The Bronx into Jersey to stay at a colleague's house, which was only around a marathon = 26 miles.

All of our clients were on Wall Street more or less, they were buying into WAP technologies at the time. Needless to say, we went under entirely and I ended up leaving NYC for Helsinki (for two years).

Two years later, when I got back to (my native) Pittsburgh and this is the weirdest part, I dated one of the pilot's daughter from Flight 77 (as you would imagine a nutcase because of it, granted loaded from the settlement). She wasn't too hard on the eyes, and we didn't stay together. I felt for her, but she was in deep pain and it was only cured by booze. She ended up dying a few years later, dating some big wig from NBC programming or the like.

*sigh...

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