[jackz]

I was assigned to the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia and was involved in the training and instruction of Foreign Police Officials sent to the USA for training. When we were meeting with the foreign police officials the afternoon of 9/11, they informed us that they wanted to volunteer along with our agents at the Pentagon site. We arranged vans to transport them to the Pentagon and had them cleared to work alongside our agents in assisting in the recovery effort and investigative efforts at the Pentagon. This is how these mid level and upper level foreign law enforcement personnel spent their weekend after 9/11. Their example proved to us that the law enforcement community is a global one and we remain concerned for each other.

The second part of how 9/11 affected me personally was that I retired from the Dept of Justice in 2002 and accepted a 5 year contract to manage the new Federal Air Marshal Program which on 9/11 consisted of only 33 Air Marshals working Foreign flights only. I derived a lot of satisfaction in watching the program grow to the thousands within a short period of time and can assure you that your safety on aircraft has increased tremendously since 9/11.