My name is Kamran Khan, and I am happy to be part of the Memorial Miles program.
I was born in Pakistan and came to the US in 1999, living in my new home The Bronx ever since.
I am with Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Project Management Team for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. In a general sense, my work is concentrated towards the Electrical & Systems for the Transportation Hub. The exciting part of my work is that my seniors don’t corner me into just one type of task; they continuously get me involved with new tasks and conflicts that may arise and provide their insight/views/lessons-learned as well.
At first, I was peer-pressured to join Memorial Miles (this is a compliment of course). Then I spoke to Tom Grassi (one of the founder of Memorial Miles) about what the program really is. His explanation was Memorial Miles is basically an initiative to raise funds and awareness for The National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Memorial Miles has a target for each member that is to walk/run a minimum of 365 miles a year (narrows down to 1 mile a day); this will help raise self-awareness as well as a spiritual awareness.
On September 11, 2001, I was in my High School. As I went in for my English Class on the top floor (4th Floor), I looked outside the window and there was dark cloud of smoke. My initial deduction was the some building probably caught fire and since the smoke cloud is enormous, it must be a serious incident; I was hoping that it doesn’t turn out to be catastrophic. Later, I found out that two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. My reaction to the horrific event was two-fold; I was despondent over people killed intentionally and also, over the name of my religion (Islam) being raised into the mix.
My hopes for the Memorial Miles program are that it continues to do what it was created for, raise donations and awareness for The National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
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