Okay, Now Things Are Just Getting Stupid

Michelle

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Oct 5, 2001, 10:48:52 PM10/5/01

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I understand why you posted this, but as far as I'm concerned, anyone who
has to go into that mess, face it every day, and tough it out for the sake
of the people who are still inside, can call a chunk of cement a sign from
God and I'll support them wholeheartedly. If that's what it takes to get
them through the day, IMHO, they're more than entitled. I still can't even
comprehend the scope of the whole thing, and I'm how many hundreds of miles
away.

Michelle

Roberta

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Oct 5, 2001, 11:32:36 PM10/5/01

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<< Subject: Re: Okay, Now Things Are Just Getting Stupid
From: "Michelle" celtic...@earthH20link.net
Date: Fri, Oct 5, 2001 10:48 PM
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Michelle
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I live just across the East River, and I still can't get a handle on what
happened.

Today after I dropped Juliette off at school, I walked down to pay my respects
to Ground Zero. It was very disorienting--many blocks away the streets were
much brighter than they were a month ago because the WTC complex isn't there to
block the sun. It was difficult to fathom all that wreckage and rubble where
the buildings used to stand.

There's still smoke coming out of the pile of wreckage and the air still stinks
most days throughout the lower third of Manhattan and often in Brooklyn. But
just a few blocks away everyone was rushing to work trying to get back to
normal.

I walked back up to Chinatown and bought some postcards of the old vista to
help me figure out the hole in the skyline.

Last week I was still having dreams that the towers were falling down like a
pile of blocks, instead of imploding the way they did. It's not hard to imagine
how much worse it would have been if that had happened. The facades of some of
the buildings that are still standing are damaged but most of them, even right
across the street, are standing in the sun as if nothing happened and the
towers never existed.

Roberta
mom to Juliette, 5.5, adopted 2/4/98 from China

Daisy511

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Oct 6, 2001, 1:04:02 AM10/6/01

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>Subject: Re: Okay, Now Things Are Just Getting Stupid

>From: ro...@aol.comnojunk (Roberta)
>Date: 10/5/01 10:32 PM EST
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Thanks for posting that Roberta. I have friends in NYC and I think those of us
can not fathom what it's really like there. I'm still so sad :(
Tif

Daisy511

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Oct 6, 2001, 1:09:33 AM10/6/01

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>Thanks for posting that Roberta. I have friends in NYC and I think those of
>us
>can not fathom what it's really like there. I'm still so sad :(
>Tif

Sheesh sorry Im sorry what I meant to say is thanks for posting that Roberta. I
have friends in NYC and I think those of us not there can NOT fathom what it's
really like there. And I am still very sad.
Tif

Michelle

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Oct 6, 2001, 8:23:33 AM10/6/01

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Still thinking of all of you there. Sounds trivial, maybe, compared to what
all of you there have to face every day, but still true. ; )

Michelle

DeannaBefore

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Oct 8, 2001, 1:40:01 AM10/8/01

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"Michelle" <celtic...@earthH20link.net> wrote in message
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Yep. Well said.

Deanna

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Oct 8, 2001, 1:43:17 AM10/8/01

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~snip~

Best wishes, Roberta.

Deanna