SEPT. 11, 2001

   THE 21'ST CENTURY STARTS TRAGICALLY NOT ONLY FOR ARLENE AND I BUT ALSO OUR COUNTRY. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHERE I WAS THAT TUESDAY MORNING. A GOOD BOILERMAKER BUDDY AND I WERE LEAVING CONTAINMENT AT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND WENT TO THE VENDING MACHINES TO GET SOMETHING FOR OUR MORNING BREAK. WE RAN INTO A CROWD OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE TV THAT THE PLANT HAD THERE. WE STOOD THERE, FIVE TO TEN MINUTES WATCHING IN DISBELIEF, THEN WENT TO OUR BREAK AREA TO TELL THE REST OF OUR STEAM GENERATOR CREW.