This was (is) an old company that had set up their mainframe computers like that probably as soon as the towers opened. Inertia likely took care of the rest. When the towers fell Datacenter 3 was almost ready in Des Moines and I was supposed to spin up the Austin one. There is nothing quite like being in your twenties and getting panicked calls from C level execs of Fortune 100 company trying to find out if I had any backups of New York.
PS: Our entire IVR system was voiced by one of my colleagues who died when the towers collapsed (he was right outside). We had to listen to his very distinctive voice for months afterwards.
Here a fucked up fact. I worked for a company who had Datacenter 1 in Tower 2 and Datacenter 2 in Tower 1. We lost both datacenters along with most IT personnel that day. Hundreds of people lost. After that, our DR plans had to include "all hands lost" as part of the scenarios. Before 9/11, the thought of losing everything and everyone never crossed most IT departments' minds.
If you disagree with "anti-tankie" sentiments, please block the community rather than engage. Please move on and continue enjoying the rest of the Fediverse. Not everything is for everyone.
Keep an eye for cute butts and use them like landmarks.
"What did you do today?"
"Well, I got coffee at around 9:15 at the cafe with the cute waiter wearing his tight jeans with the wallet rub on the right back pocket. I had a meeting at 10:30 where Melissa picked up the pencil she dropped. Went to the UPS Store during my lunch break where I stood behind the silver fox with the tight cargo pants..."
Make that thirst work to your advantage.