I was just going to post about this. Your pic is great. It was a horrible thing to live through, and the panic and fear in the days and weeks that followed. I remember I had the news on all day and I would leave it on at night, but put it on mute to get some sleep. We thought we were next out here.
A terrible thing. But we can't forget the heroism of that day either, there are people who can be amazingly self sacrificial. For all those firefighters who lost their lives, all those who would not leave disabled co-workers behind who could not leave, and all the other heroes, we are thankful they are true Americans.
To be in New York had to be horrific. I wish people could always be with each other the way we were after it happened, we should be that way without a tragedy. People were asking each other how they were, people were kind and polite and everyone waved thank you at fire trucks going by.
My friend Gerald's dad died and I always wait for his name. There are articles in the paper today about all the people that were at gound zero either as part of the rescue action or part of the people that removed the debris and how sick so many of them are. Over 900 more people have died, and thousands are sick.
I don't know when we will know the total loss of life from this attack.
Probably because they are local people. There was one ironworker on the front page that is in hospice now (he's 42) and his wife and his kids lost their house and were living in a van. They are running a fundraiser to help out him and his family to get into a house or apartment and help pay his medical bills (over $80,000). Of course he lost his health insurance when he became unable to work. This is why we need health care reform, by the way. When you need insurance the most, you don't have it.
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Date: 2009-09-11 08:05 pm (UTC)A terrible thing. But we can't forget the heroism of that day either, there are people who can be amazingly self sacrificial. For all those firefighters who lost their lives, all those who would not leave disabled co-workers behind who could not leave, and all the other heroes, we are thankful they are true Americans.
To be in New York had to be horrific. I wish people could always be with each other the way we were after it happened, we should be that way without a tragedy. People were asking each other how they were, people were kind and polite and everyone waved thank you at fire trucks going by.
A day to never forget.
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Date: 2009-09-11 08:17 pm (UTC)My friend Gerald's dad died and I always wait for his name. There are articles in the paper today about all the people that were at gound zero either as part of the rescue action or part of the people that removed the debris and how sick so many of them are. Over 900 more people have died, and thousands are sick.
I don't know when we will know the total loss of life from this attack.
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