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In 1970 I was a Steamfitter apprentice that helped build the Twin Towers. A great way to get over any fear of heights one might have. In the mid 90s I spent a few years running a major up grade to the A/C because of the increase of computer use. I was there a few years and my office was in the second basement. Lunch times I had one of the guys bring me lunch as I was usually busy on the phone, hence lunch trays piled up. Most were returned but when I left the job the truck driver cleaned out the shanty and sent it all to my next job. Instead of throwing the three trays away I brought them home for leaky Brit bikes. No more bikes for a while and I only found them two years ago in my shop. As a side story my older Son was working for the same boss in tower one on the 70th floor, he was transfered two days before 9-11 (WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW!} 8 hours later the cell service was back and I knew he was OK, those 8 hours were rougher than any fire fight I was in. BTW, I offered a tray to both the ground zero museum and to President Bushs library, neither wanted one?

Amen brother!

I will NEVER FORGET that day....



Sal

I fly the Blue Star Flag.


Check this link to see if you share this priviledge.http://www.texaspowerwagon.com/blue-star.htm

Paul in Kempner, TX wrote:I fly the Blue Star Flag.


Check this link to see if you share this priviledge.http://www.texaspowerwagon.com/blue-star.htm

Thank you Paul for posting the link. I knew about the Blue Star Flag as my parents displayed one when I was in harms way. Here is one for you, at my Grandmothers house in St. Louis during WWII her flag had 4 stars for the 4 son's, 2 Army, 1 Marine, 1 Navy. The unusual part was in the center was a larger Star for her husband that was still active duty as a drill Sgt. My Grandma made .50 cal ammo during the war. What I didn't know was the history of the Blue and Gold Star Flag.

Thanks for posting the history Paul. We display the Blue Star flag as both of our boys are in the Air Force.

Amazing story Wayne.
I think your trays should be in a museum about the towers.

Wayne, I fear the liberals have already forgotten... but then this site is not about politics.
I flew my aircraft up and down the Hudson by the Towers. 4 times the friday before 9/11, then again that saturday when I flew direct back to central florida when I saw them for the last time.

Great post. Know that flag well. My grandmother flew a 4 star in WWII, My dad flew a 3 star in the 60's and I now fly a two star.

Wayne, interesting! my Grandmother and her daughter worked in the Philadelphia Army Ammunition Plant during WWII while my grandfather was a Capt in the Army Arty in Europe, my uncles were a Army Corpsman in Europe, a Navy fire control tech on a DD in the Pacific and my dad was a Navy Aviation Machinist assigned to Marine Air Wings in the Pacific. In the 60's I had one brother in the Army and the other in the Navy. I was USAF 66 thru 89. Today I have a son in the USAF and a Son-in-Law in the Army (both career).

Could you imagine what streets would look like if all families entitled to fly a Blue Star flag flew one?

Amen! I find the gift refusal hard to choke down! We will never forget.