After the 9/11 attacks, we were given by our employer, Scudder Investments, now Deutsche Bank, a personal evacuation kit.
The months after the attack, many of us working in NYC office buildings thought another attack was imminent. I felt a bit safer with my personal evacuation kit. With my trusty kit under my arm, I would get out of a burning building unscathed.
Twenty three years later, I still keep my kit next to my desk at work. Fortunately, I have never needed it.
Yesterday I finally opened it.
It’s funny what we think will keep us safe.