Although I never approve of a tragedy being used for commercial purposes. I have to admit that that one wasn't so bad. How can any corporation publicly express its support without looking like an opportunistic jackass? It's a very delicate balance.
By making a great big donation to the victims and first responders and let those people make a public "thank you".Although I never approve of a tragedy being used for commercial purposes. I have to admit that that one wasn't so bad. How can any corporation publicly express its support without looking like an opportunistic jackass? It's a very delicate balance.
It is amazing to me that a cell phone with 2001 technology on an airplane over central Pennsylvania was able to get a connection and hand off from ground tower to ground tower as the plane moved.I saw the second plane hit. I knew it was no accident. I remember talking to a chief that worked for me as a PO2, and flight 93 came up. I told him that I knew in my heart it was brought down by the passengers. We found out later, that was the case.
The only other time I lost that much sleep was Jan 17th 1991, my eyes were glued to CNN.
Yup, I was flying 6 to 8 segments per week in those days and my phone wouldn't always get turned off during a flight - and many people had the same habit. Interestingly, there was an occasional ring as we should come in for a landing but but never an incoming call when more than a few miles from an airport. The luck to get a connection and maintain a connection more than a half-minute is amazing - especially since there was a huge dead zone when driving between Penn State and Pittsburgh or Penn State to Cleveland in those days (still exists to some degree).Who is to say where the tower was that made the connection. I've see the optical side of a lighting detector that detected reflections of the sun on upper atmospheric ice from halfway around the world.
Satellite TV is limited in power but there are two that cover the US.