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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 39, September 23, 2001, Article 5 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AND ITS AFTERMATH Howard A. Daniel III writes: "My wife is VP, International Development for the NASDAQ Stock Market and she works about three weeks of every month in Tokyo, Japan. She is the project manager for creating the NASDAQ-Japan Stock Market site that will be operational in about April, 2002. She was in Tokyo, Japan, with three of her staff and they were out of harm's way on September 11. But the Japanese government had warned them a few days prior about possible bomb threats against Americans in Japan. Besides Tokyo, she has offices in Washington, DC; London, England; and at One Liberty Plaza in New York City. One Liberty Plaza is the location of her three primary US-based staff people and it was badly damaged on September 11. At one time, it was thought that the building might fall down or even have to be torn down. But the engineers have reported it to be stable and repairable, but it is now being used as a morgue and triage for the emergency medical services supporting the digging out of the building debris of and around the World Trade Center. Her three staff people flew back to New York City on September 14 but they have not yet been able to enter their offices to inspect the damage. I was scheduled to fly to Tokyo on Friday, September 14, on All Nippon Airlines (ANA) to visit my wife for ten days. All ANA flights were stopped on September 11 until they flew the one plane they had on the ground at Dulles International Airport back to Japan on September 13. ANA told me that when they were allowed to fly their regular daily flights, all of the people who had not flown out on earlier flights were going to be offered seats ahead of me and I might have to wait up to four or more days for a seat. My wife could not reschedule me into her very tight schedule, so we canceled this month's trip. During my trip, I was going to attend a coin show in Tokyo on September 16 and 17. Herb Cook, an American dealer who lives in Tokyo, was going to take me around the bourse to introduce me to the Japanese dealers and translate for me as I ask them for Southeast Asian numismatic pieces and related references in any language. But my search for pieces for my collection and references for my library is small potatoes compared to the tragedies created by four hijacked planes on September 11, so I easily pushed the show out of my thoughts. My first thoughts were about my wife and her people. After satisfying myself that she and they were safe, I went to my closet and storage room. I am a retired US Army Master Sergeant, but I am in a category of retirees who can be recalled to active duty until I am 65 years old or until I cannot pass a physical. I will be 60 years old next month and am physically fit for my age, so I am recallable. The Army has already proved my status by recalling me for Operations Desert Shield and Storm. Because I had volunteered, I was in the first group of 300 men, much to the dismay of my wife. So if the situation "hits the fan", it is likely I will eventually receive a second telephone call for me to report for active duty. So my second thoughts were about my uniforms and gear. I assembled everything in one of my guest bedrooms in case I needed to quickly leave and drive to Fort Meade, Maryland, where I was last processed onto and off of active duty. The business of the US Army requires young men and women, but there is work some of us old farts can do to release younger soldiers for more difficult duty. I hate to think about replacing any American to be sent into harm's way, but I am still hoping I will be recalled, so I can somehow directly contribute to finding and eliminating those who caused and/or supported the September 11 and earlier tragedies. My wife has warned me not to volunteer again, but it is becoming very irresistible, and anyway, I finished a book on the computer I took with me during my last stint of active duty. I did my Army 12-hour shifts, and afterwards, so I could sleep, I slowed down by completing the writing of a numismatic reference about Southeast Asia. The people we are after can slow us down for a few days but Americans have a spirit and drive in them that no one can permanently put down. I know we can find them, destroy them, and continue our lives at the same time. Do not let the terrorists change your life! Support the effort to take care of our people in need because of the tragedies, and to rid the world of these bastards, but please continue working and doing your thing, to include numismatics."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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