tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post6888814097918544962..comments2023-08-03T07:00:56.131-04:00Comments on Tapdancing on the Edge of Reason: Anniversary of a Nightmarewe_be_toyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100712745473031460noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-67482298988102734972008-09-14T12:46:00.000-04:002008-09-14T12:46:00.000-04:00My husband had been working on the 64th floor of T...My husband had been working on the 64th floor of Tower 2 the entire month of August 2001. We were in Europe for a wedding and were trapped an extra week (no flights).<BR/><BR/>As awful as it was watching it there, worse was my then4 year old son screaming with terror as we dragged him onto the flight from Paris to Chicago 5 days later.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466265732291777624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-17451729867582651972008-09-13T11:33:00.000-04:002008-09-13T11:33:00.000-04:00I remember thinking that life will never be the sa...I remember thinking that life will never be the same. That it is the end of all we felt safe with believing.helehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500335410678018061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-90523006944180699862008-09-12T08:34:00.000-04:002008-09-12T08:34:00.000-04:00I remember watching the financial markets and seei...I remember watching the financial markets and seeing the prices drop suddenly. Then watching the news and seeing that all going down. My boss picked up the phone to call our brokers in NY only to get a fast busy signal. He put down the phone and said, "Oh God Stac, they're in that building."VelveetaWingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708657464253641065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-56319632500826109042008-09-12T02:35:00.000-04:002008-09-12T02:35:00.000-04:00Well written. It's hard for me to get back there, ...Well written. It's hard for me to get back there, viscerally, because so much has happened since and I'm so far away. But I'll never forget that initial horror and the subsequent coming together that was far too short lived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-76774747144554369312008-09-11T20:35:00.000-04:002008-09-11T20:35:00.000-04:00What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are ...What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.....<BR/><BR/>emersonVodka Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734323418017847775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-66527688829853013602008-09-11T19:04:00.000-04:002008-09-11T19:04:00.000-04:00"I felt guilty relief in the knowledge that my lov...<I>"I felt guilty relief in the knowledge that my loved ones were all safe, and abject terror at the thought of how quickly that illusion of safety can dissipate.<BR/>"</I><BR/><BR/>A perfect sentence, and a perfect summary for what we all felt.Maggie, Dammithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471019955310537571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-35412614642506483412008-09-11T17:34:00.000-04:002008-09-11T17:34:00.000-04:00I thought about posting a "where were you" type of...I thought about posting a "where were you" type of entry today but I couldn't do it. I even downloaded a photo from NASA of the smoke rising over Manhattan taken from the space station. It made me ill to look at it.<BR/><BR/>The memory came back of my mom calling me that morning with the words, "Turn on the TV - we're under attack." We stared at the picture unfolding in front of us trying to Ben and Benniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165216797183902071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-56545077359334833582008-09-11T16:43:00.000-04:002008-09-11T16:43:00.000-04:00always remember.always remember.flutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-17645360952124592772008-09-11T13:46:00.000-04:002008-09-11T13:46:00.000-04:00It is my greatest hope that if anything can be tak...It is my greatest hope that if anything can be taken away from that forsaken day, is the realization that even though humanity has capicity for inflicting horrific pain,we also have the capacity for amazing comassion ,kindness, and strength of spirit at our darkest hour. It is my hope that we remember we have a choice, and that we choose the latter.Chanda (aka Bea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12321020069183192224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-2331825132098365732008-09-11T11:47:00.000-04:002008-09-11T11:47:00.000-04:00At least temporarily, it did seem that everyone ha...At least temporarily, it did seem that everyone had a sense of what was really important - the unity in a spiritual sense. <BR/><BR/>~*thailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-44729461342673759182008-09-11T11:39:00.000-04:002008-09-11T11:39:00.000-04:00I cannot turn on the television today, because I c...I cannot turn on the television today, because I cannot rewatch what has already been burned into my mind. The horror.<BR/><BR/>There is no happy ending. But for a brief moment after, the country was united. I wish we had stayed that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com