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CLARK, N.J.-In the middle of the chaos, with employees frantically exiting the offices of FAA Eastern Region FCU in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 2001, one employee had to make sure she got her job done first.

ARLINGTON, Va.-NAFCU President Fred Becker, admittedly in "shock and awe" 10 years ago after the Sept. 11 attacks, recalled focusing first on finding out if any CU employees inside the World Trade Center or nearby Pentagon were harmed and making certain his team remained calm.

NEW YORK-Kam Wong was sitting at his desk last month when the tall plants in his office began to sway and papers fell off his briefcase-the CEO of Municipal CU immediately thought back to Sept. 11, 2001.

Word Of An'Incident'

NEW YORK-The result in the Big Apple from that day is far from what the terrorists' goal of a pervasive fear that they may someday strike again, emphasized the president of the NFCDCU. Instead, a feeling of closeness among many of the city's residents can be felt today, which is why Rosenthal knows he'll never live anywhere else.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-As reported in Credit Union Journal 10 years ago, in the months that followed the 9/11 attacks, credit unions were swept up in events.

NEW YORK CITY-No one could have been prepared for what happened to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. And certainly no credit union disaster preparedness plan could have ever foreseen the perspective of XCEL FCU on that day.

GLASGOW, Scotland-A former prime minister of the United Kingdom firmly believes credit unions have a strong and influential role to play in finance around the world, and with it an opportunity to be seized upon.

DUBUQUE, Iowa-Dupaco Community Credit Union here is featuring its own members on billboards as part of a campaign that also has a strong social media component.

MADISON, Wis.-CUNA Mutual Group last week announced the availability of a new online retirement guidance platform that it said takes the guess work out of managing individuals' retirement goals.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.-Since expanding its wholesale sales force earlier this year, Kinecta FCU is reporting it has been able to maintain mortgage loan volume despite a drop in the real estate market.

SEATTLE-Two credit unions in this region have introduced short-term, limited-fee mortgages designed to capture business from other lenders.

DALLAS-After a flurry of activity earlier this summer, mortgage lenders have spent weeks sitting, waiting and worrying about the potential impact of the qualified residential mortgage (QRM) rule.

That was the message from Paul Parrish, EVP/CFO at Nevada FCU, and a member of Credit Union Economics Group. He said S&P's technical opinion simply mirrors what most observers have been thinking: "Something has got to happen with this massive debt...and that something is going to hurt to some degree."

DULUTH, Ga.-A new name in corporate credit unions will begin operating this week and another will soon follow.

PHOENIX-A new Web site is offering resources on risk management, fraud and input from law enforcement agencies.

RALEIGH-State Employees' CU here is aiming to save $1.5 million per year in long distance costs by the time it finishes rolling out its new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone system.

VASHON, Wash.-Puget Sound Cooperative CU's newest branch here is an early hit, much to the delight of those who worked for two years to bring a credit union to Vashon Island.

First General Deploys Member Advisor