So hard to believe that it's been 18 (חי, chai) years.
It seems like it was just yesterday.
I was finishing prayers with my students in #Chicago when we were told to proceed to the gym for a special announcement.
I still remember who told me the news, what he said, and the facial expression he used.
How could I forget?
😨The sheer terror and confusion.
😨The loss and destruction.
😨The sense of powerlessness and emptiness.
On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole was attacked while refueling in Yemen’s Aden Harbor. 17 American sailors were killed and 39 more were injured. It was the deadliest attack against a United States naval vessel in over a decade. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack.
Though the horrors of 9/11 were still 11 months away, the United States was now in an asymmetrical war. The new kind of struggle, which pits nations or groups with disparate military capabilities and strategies against each other, and features such irregular tactics as counterinsurgency and terrorism, would force the Pentagon to rewrite its rules of engagement after decades of following a WWII and Cold War driven playbook.
Though the battlefield is far from the ideal workplace metaphor, the sad truth is that many employees come to work each day feeling embattled.
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