I was three blocks from Leonard Street when the first tower collapsed. The ground shook. People screamed. Some stood transfixed. Others ran in panic.
I ran as well, racing to our office. We did a quick head count. Only one person was missing, and she called in later that day.
I later learned that one of our employees was coming out of the Chambers Street subway stop, five blocks from the World Trade Center, when the first hijacked plane hit. She saw and heard things in the next half hour that I wish no one ever had to suffer through.
At about 11 a.m. we evacuated the office. (It's closed and will stay closed for some time. The best way to reach us is via e-mail.) I borrowed a bike from a coworker and rode up the West Side
highway. Ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars roared past. Some were covered in debris and dust; others had broken windows.
At roughly 2 p.m. I held a phone meeting with executive editor Scott Raynovich, We decided the right thing to do-the only thing to do-was to continue posting stories to our Web site. Yes, some of these were about the tragedy and its impact on optical networking companies. But we also decided to cover regular industry news.
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