My family started the day by celebrating my birthday. However, the celebration soon ended when I found myself sitting at the blood bank for 5 hours performing my civic duty.
Today I almost lost my supervisor. He was booked on the flight that went down in PA this morning. Fortunately, he was called out to the west coast a day early and changed his flight. This change of events allowed two small girls to keep their father today. It allowed a woman to keep her husband. It allowed a small group of employees to keep jobs that provide for their own families.
Thousands of others were not so lucky.
Reading the posts on our message board, the Stadium Wall, is a chilling experience. Fellow Bills fans turned to our community for updated news and to check on friends from NYC and Washington DC. Those fans located frighteningly near the attacks shared their experiences as the day’s events unfolded. These personal stories have made today’s tragic events more tangible. Having this community to lean on during times like this is a blessing I will never take for granted.
On behalf of our community, I would like to send a prayer to each and every person who has been directly affected by these attacks. May God be with you in thought and in deed as we all search for some semblance of resolution to today’s events.