FE AD INDEX 5-23-2011
THE MILLENNIAL
BY MICHAEL K. STANLEY
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May 23
AdvisorFX ............................37
www.advisorfxinfo.com
Aviva............................... 11, 13
www.avivausa.com/joinaviva
BenefitsPro .......................... 23
www.benefitspro.com/
enewsletters
Blue Shield .......................... 23
800.559.5905
Eyemed .................................. 3
www.whyeyemed.com/
healthyeyes
Generali USA....................... 19
www.generaliusalifere.com
Judy Diamond..................... 27
judydiamond.com/health
Highline Data.................... IBC
www.HighlineData.com
Lincoln Financial .................. 9
www.lincolnfinancial.com/
life
Metlife ................................... 7
www.metlife.com/promise-
wholelife
Mutual Trust........................ 29
www.mutualtrust.com/
opportunity
Ohio National ..................... 21
www.ohionational.com/
deliveringmore
Penn Mutual ...................... BC
www.pennmutual.com/
whypml
Principal Financial ............ IFC
www.dreamagain.com
Prudential .............................. 5
www.worklife65.com/pro-
ducers
Prudential ............................ 15
www.pru-ltc.com
SMA Expo............................ 25
www.seniormarketexpo.com
Society of Actuaries............. 33
healthmeeting.soa.org
Transamerica ....................... 31
www.transamericaworksite.
com
PREVIOUS ISSUE ADVERTISERS
May 9
Unifi
Full Circle
IhAD JUST ENTERED MY SENIOR year of high school when the 9/11 attacks took place. Thinking back to that morning, I remember every banal detail, even before the attacks. The whole day is etched into my mind. I remember brushing my teeth and thinking that I hate the shirt I was wearing. I remember being nervous about the football team we were to face that
Saturday, I even remember what was discussed in my science
class before the announcement was made that a plane had hit the
World Trade Center: The reproductive life cycle of conifer trees.
But what sticks out most in my mind was the weather. There were
one or two wispy clouds in an otherwise clear sky, there was a light
breeze, but the sun was still strong and the temperature hovered
in the low 70s.
I grew up less than 30 miles outside of Manhattan in a town in
which a good chunk of the residents work on Wall Street. So, when
we were told what had happened, confusion, chaos and anxiety
piled up. The emotions were raw and palpable. This was before a
cell phone was standard issue for everyone from 10 to 90, so kids
He told me that after 9/11
he decided to look more closely
at his own mortality, and in turn,
at his current employer sponsored
life insurance policy. He has since
supplemented that plan.”
whose parents worked in the towers lined up in front of the nurses’
office to make futile calls to offices where secretaries had other
priorities. I remember one girl saying “It is going to be fine, we
went through this in third grade and everything worked out.” She
was referring to the 1993 attack on the W TC. however, through all
the emotion there was an uninstructed, organic manifestation of
respect and support along with an eerie sense of order.
A few friends and I left school and walked outside. Trees
swayed slightly in a tame breeze but that sky was placid. I recall
wondering how anything destructive could have come out of
something so docile. Once we got to our car I looked back at the
school which now was brimming with the energy of a jail break.
frantic mothers sped through the parking lot looking for their
children. Kids roamed aimlessly through the halls crying, not
knowing completely what was going on. Teachers tried fruitlessly
to comfort but they wanted to panic as well.
I was lucky enough to be able to be at Ground Zero on May 5
when Barack Obama arrived to lay a wreath and speak with victims
families. It was an amazing experience to be able to have gone
through the full orbit of this tragedy over the last 10 years of my life
and be on that hallowed ground that day.
When we got off the train and onto the Ground Zero site
