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Will be in London for the weekend. Anyone want to grab breakfast on Sunday morning? Staying on Park Lane. Lemme know. - peter@shankman.com -Peter _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

She got shot full of Jewish scholars? OH NO!!! _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

I KNEW it would have to do with a companion upgrade. I thought, "There's no way she's putting out, so it has to be a Platinum upgrade." Cool thing to do, K. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Thats it? i was actually worried about peter....now i'm just mad. Sorry, sorry, sorry.... :-) _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Christ, that was worse than what Heroin withdrawl must be like!! _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

This is what I posted to a mailing list to which I belonged the next day. I was on a commercial flight. FROM: Peter Shankman DATE: Wed 12:56 SUBJ: [wwwac] I'm fine, was on the runway at Newark Hi, all... First off, my prayers are with everyone in the country, and around the world today, affected by this tragedy. I want to thank the WWWAC list - You served as my, and the rest of United Flight 425, from Newark to Colorado's link to the outside world for about 20 minutes. I boarded that flight at Newark at 7:40 in the morning. There were 14 flights ahead of us for takeoff, according to the pilot. I nodded off. The pilot came back on when we were fourth for takeoff, telling us that something was wrong with the World Trade Center, and we'd be waiting on the runway for a few minutes. I pulled out my Visor and wireless modem, and instantly checked my email. As I was, the pilot announced that a plane accidentally flew into the World Trade Center. Everyone looked to their left out of the plane, and sure enough, there was smoke coming off the horizon. That's when I got the first few emails from the list, talking about it. Within 2 more minutes, I'd found out about the Pentagon as well. I became the link to the outside world for the next 15 minutes, with the flight attendants and passengers waiting for the 30 second email checks. I read them off as I got them. The pilot came back on and said we were returning to the gate. We all sat down. In all the time I've been flying, that moment was the scariest time of my life. We barreled back to the gate faster than I've ever seen it before. Something in my mind just told me to get off the plane and turn in my ticket. At that point, the airport was still open. We got outside of the gate, and that's when it hit me - I was looking at the skyline, and one of the towers was NOT THERE. That was the first time I realized the magnitude of what happened. We waited at the outside of the terminal for about 3 hours - I wound up finding about 5 people, all of whom didn't know each other, but sort of came together as a group. My visor was overloaded at that point, and I couldn't get a signal. But my Motorola Timeport 2 way pager was still on, and I was able to send messages to my parents, finding out that they were both ok. Finally, we found a bus that was able to take us to another terminal, where we waited... A guy in a van came by, and took me and my five new friends to the Marriott, still on airport property. We hung out in their bar for about five hours, it was around 6pm by this time. Somehow, I managed to get a room at the hotel, and I grabbed my new friends, and we went and washed our faces for the first time in about 12 hours. We went downstairs afterwards, and sat on the lawn, on the grass. It was surreal - the smell of the grass, a beautiful sunset, and in the background, smoke, soot, dust, and a hole where the world trade center used to be. Truly, truly surreal. We went back upstairs, and just fell asleep. Totally exhausted. Left the television on, and six people, none of whom had ever met before, 2 of whom spoke Japanese and very little English, all fell asleep on a king size bed, all holding each other. Woke up early this morning, and no cars were going in or out of Newark. We gathered our suitcases, and started walking. We walked out of the hotel, and out of the airport. We walked on the roads, on the ramps, until we got onto Route 9 North. A poultry truck stopped for us, and told us he could get us to right outside of downtown Newark. We thanked him, and climbed into the back of the truck. Once we got to downtown Newark, we walked a few more miles to the PATH train, which was running to 33rd St. We got on the train, and got to Penn Station. I walked out of Penn Station, looked up 8th avenue, looked down 8th avenue, and started crying, as I started walking home to my apartment on 43rd St. If I can help anyone in any way, please let me know - whatever I can do. Stay safe, God Bless... We WILL get through this horrible act of senseless violence and terrorism, and we will be stronger from it. Good luck to all, -Peter Shankman _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Balewa Blackman was a running buddy of mine. He'd just started with Cantor Fitzgerald. He was so, so psyched about the new job. To this day, I imagine him making sure anyone who could have gotten out did. I'm sure he was there, looking for an exit, helping anyone who needed it. That's who he was. He was a good man. http://prdifferently.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/09/on_september_11.html _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

I love how in the plane photo, it looks like everyone is pushing to sit as far away from you as possible. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Shell, meet Google. Google, Shell. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Where can you get those (in Canadia)? Those things would keep my nephews entertained for HOURS! 'Shell http://www.highlights.com/jump.jsp?itemID=860&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=860 _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

bump bumpity bump, bump, bump. Anyone have any fun outs lately? _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Um...just to get this straight...you're saying the batteries are for the race car toy, right? If that's what you're calling it. I'll leave a box of Tide, as well. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Yes, dear. I'll even leave fresh batteries for you. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Call me six years old. I don't care. I've been totally playing with this for the past hour. TEN DOLLARS! Total bargain!! Hee! _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Cell phone conversations in elevators that go like this: "I might lose you. I'm getting in an elevator." "Hello? Can you... OK. So, yeah, I was... What? Hello? HELLO? I'M IN AN ELEVATOR. CAN YOU..." "Oh, I guess I lost him." Takes much effort not to kill. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Beautiful launch. God Speed, Atlantis! _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Welcome to our world. Seriously. Only difference between us and guys who sell heroin is that with us, your first one is not free. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

KA's right, as always. Trying to fit marathon training in with jumping sucks ass. Good luck! _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

20+ years classical, jazz, and operatic vocal training. No, really. I went to high school here. The "Fame" school. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

I dunno, but I'm cryin! And the Belugas are laughin! http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1044972&WxsIERv=Nveohf%20N300O4-608FG%20Fhcre%20Genafcbegre&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Hagvgyrq%20%28Nveohf%20Vaqhfgevr%29&QtODMg=Gbhybhfr%20-%20Oyntanp%20%28GYF%20%2F%20YSOB%29&ERDLTkt=Senapr&ktODMp=Qrprzore%207%2C%202005&BP=0&WNEb25u=%D3fpne%20Ynobeqn%20F%E1apurm%20-%20Vorevna%20Fcbggref&xsIERvdWdsY=S-TFGP&MgTUQtODMgKE=Oryhtn%20%233%20gnxvat%20bss%20sebz%20EJL%2032Y%2C%20va%20n%20grzcbenel%20nyy-juvgr%20cnvag%20fpurzr%20orsber%20nccylvat%20gur%20arj%20Nveohf%20yvirel.%20OGJ%2C%20jung%20n%20avpr%20yvtug%21%20%5BQ70%20%2B%20Avxxbe%2080-200%20RQ%20%28A%29%5D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=4906&NEb25uZWxs=2006-05-14%2000%3A30%3A30&ODJ9dvCE=3&O89Dcjdg=765&static=yes&width=1152&height=780&sok=JURER%20%20%28ZNGPU%20%28nvepensg%2Cnveyvar%2Ccynpr%2Ccubgb_qngr%2Cpbhagel%2Cerznex%2Ccubgbtencure%2Crznvy%2Clrne%2Cert%2Cnvepensg_trarevp%2Cpa%2Cpbqr%29%20NTNVAFG%20%28%27%2B%22oryhtn%22%27%20VA%20OBBYRNA%20ZBQR%29%29%20%20beqre%20ol%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=4&prev_id=1053455&next_id=1040405&size=L Awesome- That's the "Dolphin-Plane" everyone's been laughing about. How funny! _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

YEPPER DOODLE POODLE?!? FREAK! _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Smile, children. There's justice in the world. A little bit of it, anyway. Paris Hilton arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Been there on some layovers. I remember they have a mall. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

So? Did she die? _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Northwest - watch the video. Unless KLM changed their paint scheme I sit corrected. Normally, NW's European routes are KLM metal. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."