AWESOME

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Miller, Jeffrey  
Sent:	Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:57 AM
To:	Gilbert, Gerald; Forney, John M.; Day, Smith L.; Platter, Phillip
Subject:	FW: Home Finally!!



 -----Original Message-----
From: 	"Jeffrey Miller" <jmiller79@houston.rr.com>@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22Jeffrey+20Miller+22+20+3Cjmiller79+40houston+2Err+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] 
Sent:	Wednesday, September 19, 2001 8:18 PM
To:	Miller, Jeffrey
Subject:	Fw: Home Finally!!


 
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From: vzimmer2  
To: jeffrey miller  ; cathy  ; carden  ;  yida07@aol.com  ; sheryl   
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:41 PM
Subject: Fw: Home Finally!!
 
----- Original Message -----  
From: janice  mason  
To: deborah.c.ulrich@exxonmobil.com  ; dlyne@swbell.net  ; frogged5@yahoo.com   ; hilily88@houston.rr.com  ; labney@wt.net  ; mgallo@wt.net  ; Nu978@aol.com  ; roachette@aol.com  ;  sfbartley@yahoo.com  ; vzimmer2@home.com   
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: FW: Home Finally!!
   
  Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 10:40 PM     Subject: Home finally! 
 
 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 quiet. No  one was in line for the security check point when I got there so that went  fairly quickly, just x-ray of my bags and then a chemical test to be sure  nothing explosive was on them. Then I waited 2 1/2 hours to board the plane.  What happened after we boarded was interesting and thought I would 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 plane. As you could tell when you checked in, the government has  made some changes to increase security in the airports. They have not, however,  made any rules about what happens after those doors close. Until they do that,  we have made our own rules and I want to share them with you. Once those doors  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 supposed bomb. If  you have a bomb, there is no need to tell me about it, or anyone else on this  plane; you are already in control. So, for this flight, there 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 made or things like that which can  be used as weapons. Here is our plan and our 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 have available to you and throw it at them.  Throw ! it at their faces and heads so they will have to raise their hands to  protect themselves. The very best protection you have against knives are the  pillows and blankets. Whoever 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 and keep them there. Do not let them up. I will then land the plane at  the closest place and we WILL take care of them. After all, there are usually  only a few of them and we are 200+ strong! We will not allow them to take over  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 said 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, show pictures, whatever.  She said "for today, we consider you family. We will 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 Tuesday's tragedies. It was a day that everyone leaned on each  other and together everyone was stronger than any one person alone. It was quite  an experience. 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 long day and one that I am glad is over. I have been constantly reminded  this 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 get mad  and shake our fists at God in anger? No, we go on and conquer our fears and  continue our lives." It is my hope that is what we do now. Last night 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. 

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