Travis and Michelle Fitzgerald's blog

You've probably heard about yesterday's incident at JSC. I just wanted to let everyone know that Michelle and I are safe and were not in any danger during the ordeal. I was in a "secure" training facility, and Michelle was in her office building. Both buildings are about half a mile from where this incident took place. Take a look at this crudely edited map to get an idea of where we were compared to the incident.

When the incident started, we were briefly told not to leave the buildings we were in via email, then we were notified that we could go home whenever we wanted to, as long as we stayed away from the incident scene (duh...). Michelle and I left at about 5.

I didn't know anybody that was involved in this incident, although I am saddened to here that 2 people are dead. I don't believe that this incident could have been prevented with security measures. JSC is already pretty secure, and any attempts to make it "bulletproof" (excuse the pun) will just make it too difficult to get on and off site. That being said, I still feel safe at work.

Have a good Saturday!