4/22/2007

NASA Shooting

Just a heads up we are all fine. We received many calls over the past days with people hearing the name Crenshaw in the news. We thank everyone for checking in. We knew none of the individuals personally, but have friends that worked with the victim and gunman.

Jared does not typically work on the NASA JSC campus, his main office is a few blocks off site, but the day of the shooting he was in a simulation in mission control (MCC) only a few buildings away from building 44 on the JSC campus.

He called me right away, they locked down the MCC and he works pretty deep in the building behind several security checkpoints. His work went on as usual for the day as his simulation went until 6 pm anyway.

From the way we see it, there was nothing to stop it. NASA has tight security (I have a clearance and badge just to pick him up in the parking lot) and a no firearms code on campus. Over 10,000 employees and contractors work at JSC, there is no feasible way to check every car and body every day.

It was a sad ordeal and an end to a week of bloodshed and we count our blessings.

CNN STORY

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