tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24498452.post1135994155737328480..comments2023-03-25T05:39:25.239-07:00Comments on AMERICAN INFIDEL: James Hayden 9/11/01Kellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16761920435754595326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24498452.post-52137440717940536982011-09-11T17:03:11.059-07:002011-09-11T17:03:11.059-07:0009/11/2011 -- I was working at Netegrity in Waltha...09/11/2011 -- I was working at Netegrity in Waltham on 9/11. I had been in an early morning meeting when we were interrupted with the news. I have not wanted to revisit the heart wrenching shock of that day, and I have avoided each anniversary since. However, Jim Hayden has never left my thoughts. I am haunted by his gentle disposition... a man I hardly knew at all, yet he left such an indelible memory for me. I can still see him as he was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24498452.post-70789853754642270712011-09-11T15:43:01.480-07:002011-09-11T15:43:01.480-07:00I joined Netegrity a few years after 9/11---and I ...I joined Netegrity a few years after 9/11---and I heard many wonderful stories about Jim. There was a James Hayden peace and reflection room at our office. You could go into the room, close the door, look out over a waterway, rest in a big lounge chair complete with a vibrant kelly green blanket, and look through rememberances of Jim.<br /><br />When Netegrity was acquired by CA Technologies--and the office was soon to be shut down, I wondered what would happen to the affects in this room? Where would the corporate history of Jim, and what he meant to so many, live from now on? It bothered me to think it would be lost in a new corporate entity not of the Netegrity family.<br /><br />10 years gone by, the room and Netegrity are long gone, but my memory of the room---and my reflection of what Jim meant to the company and it's employees---that lives on for me every year at this time. And, for someone who didn't know him personally, or work at Netegrity at the time he was there, in some small way, I'd like to think that me reflecting on him speaks a little bit about how all those lost on that day live on in so many different, positive, and supportive ways. I hope that this helps add just a little bit more peace and comfort for Jim's family and friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com