Change In The Workplace, By Ian Frazier

“As he headed for the city on Route 3, he saw the smoke rising from downtown.” Ian Frazier gives a detailed account of the experience Salvatore Siano had on September 9th, 2001. I found the story very well written. I believe that the story gave readers a new prospective of all the people 9/11 touched and affected. Siano does not have an extraordinary story. He was a typical New Jersey man who drove buses for a living. He was not on one of the planes that crashed, he was not a fireman, nor did he lose any family from that day. Although he was an everyday man, he was still changed by the event. Siano saw the destruction of the attack firsthand. He saw how it changed people and the city he lived in, and that ultimately, changed Salvatore Siano.

Beasley was a typical, everyday middle aged man who worked at a local Kroger. I believe the purpose of this profile was to remind readers that everyone goes through hardships, but what truly matters is how they recover from those situations. While reading the essay, I compared my workplace to Beasley’s. Each of our workplaces has a fun atmosphere that makes working there enjoyable. Although I do not have multiple jobs, several of my coworkers do. They either work to provide for their family or they do it because they simply want to. I believe without the discussion of workplace we would never fully understand how Lonnie Beasley became Joe