And let's not forgot what Edwards was doing that morning also
A good friend summed it up perfectly
To: Mo1
So Edwards, a United States senator, would not leave his family. Good thing he wasn't a doctor, nurse, police officer or fire fighter. They don't have the option of staying with their family instead of doing their job.
1,879 posted on 08/06/2004 9:58:58 AM EDT by Conservababe
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0407/21/lkl.01.html J. EDWARDS: What happened with me, Larry, is I dropped Emma Claire, my now 6-year-old daughter, off at school. I was on my way to -- in fact, I was just beside the Capitol on my way to the Senate office building when I received a call on my -- on my cell phone telling me what had happened in New York.
I went on in to the -- to my Senate office building. Then we saw the second plane hit, and, of course, the strike on the Pentagon. I left the Capitol, because I was worried about my family. I left the Capitol, went home. I was there for a period of time.
And, actually, after I was there for a fairly short period of time, the Capitol Police came to my home, knocked on the door, and said that they were gathering up senators to take us to a -- to a safe or secure location. And I said, "Well, what about my wife and my kids?" And they said, "Well, they'll stay here."
And I said, "Well, if they're staying here, I'm saying here." So...
KING: You didn't go.
J. EDWARDS: I did not go.