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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snattlerake" data-source="post: 4325749" data-attributes="member: 44288">I've told this short story before, I might as well tell it again.I was working for STG Security Technologies Group out of Wichita.  Our office was at the Mid Continent Airport as this was our biggest account and we had a contract with them for a 1 hour response time to any service calls.I had started my day early by grabbing my tools and a few batteries and drove to El Dorado to the Texaco Refinery to fix the access controls at the main gate and look at the arm motor.  The motor needed a new belt which was easy, and the gate just needed a battery.  All was up and running and I left about 8:45 for Wichita.The only day I ever slipped a CD into my player was on the way back because I was feeling so good about my two calls I was rockin out on the way back to the office.  About 10 miles from Wichita my co-worker, Jim, called and asked if I was listening to the radio in my truck.  I said no and he said turn it on and listen.  I asked what station and he said, any, it doesn't matter.  I turned the radio on and Jim was describing what had happened.  He was at the airport police comm center and the airport was on stage two lockdown.  He said a plane hit one of the towers at the WTC in New York.  I immediately thought of the bomber that hit the Empire State Building and the fog that caused it and asked if it was foggy there.  He said no, it was a clear day.  Then he said Oh My God!  Another plane just hit the other tower!  I said, "Buddy, we're at war!"He said just get back here quickly, we have work to do.  When I got back planes were coming in to land and about 30 in holding patterns waiting on the runways to clear.  The planes were being stacked on the tarmac nut to butt and no one was getting off of them.  The cops called in reinforcements.   It was quite a sight to see and no sounds except the weak sounds of about a hundred planes idling. Stage two meant you had to present an access card plus a PIN number assigned only to the person.  It also restricted many people from entering the gates such as delivery drivers with access cards.  It also created 2 access gates that were entry-only and exit-only and manned by airport police. The FBI arrived and set up comms at the comm center with an FAA rep next to them.I called the wifey in Hutch.  That was a long couple of days.</blockquote>

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