Subject: Re: 9 11
From: Matthew Jones (columnatedruinsdomino@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 12 2001 - 00:00:27 GMT
This whole thing absolutely beggars belief. I could barely believe what I
saw on TV. My thoughts are with all of you.
Matthew
>From: "Tim O'Connor" <oconnort@nyu.edu>
>Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>Subject: Re: 9 11
>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:05:54 -0400
>
>On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:46:04PM -0700, Jive Monkey wrote:
>
> > Are all of our New Yorkers safe and sound?
>
>I can't speak for others, but we're doing OK in these precincts.
>Frazzled, but OK. I walked out the door this morning, turned the
>corner, and it was a straight, short shot from the front door to
>the World Trade Center and the horrifying view of it, in flames
>and smoke.
>
>I shot some pictures of the buildings burning -- the sight was truly
>riveting -- and I never suspected what would shortly happen. Within
>half an hour, it all fell apart and nothing was the same, literally
>and metaphorically.
>
>Now it's all lost. I remember watching those skyscrapers being
>built quite a while ago when I was a kid; now, amazingly, they're
>gone.
>
>So, it's astonishing, tonight. The streets are quiet; there is
>almost no traffic except for the emergency vehicles going to and
>from hospitals; there are lots of pedestrians on the sidewalks,
>along with dog-walkers, hookers, people-watchers, and a huge
>contingent of curb-and-cafe-sitters. If it weren't such a shocking
>and tragic day, this would be a magical evening -- but instead,
>we're left imagining the heartbreaking facts, and the unthinkable
>numbers of injured and dead we're going to hear about over the next
>few days.
>
>But we're durable (we like to think), and we'll bear with this (we
>hope), and we'll manage to survive this time around too (we expect).
>We save our prayers for the people who will really need them, and we
>persevere in the best ways we know how to do so, and we go on. What
>else can we do?
>
>I hope that answers your question. At least, it's the best I can
>describe from one fellow's point of view.
>
>Regards.
>
>--tim o'connor, a NY'er to the end
>
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