I remember him well. Ridge later resigned from his position as head of the Department of Homeland Security, citing "stress" and the need to make more money in the private sector to cover his son's college costs. Currently he serves on several boards of directors and also peddles his influence in Harrisburg and Washington DC. He also wrote a book about his time at DHS, no doubt chronicling the stress of such things as the aforementioned duct tape strategy as well as deciding the Security Alert colors that seemed to confuse everyone except the late night talk show hosts. I saw him at the Heinz Field opening back in 2001, on his way to the VIP tent, which probably added to his stress!!
