I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.

Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers which
were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the Windows to
the World restaurant on the top floor.

I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was going on
as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not understanding the
situation as it was unfolding.

We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged to
meet for Breakfast in the morning.

As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At the
moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone standing
there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being attacked".

As they say the rest is history.

And you?

Dimitri

I hope we never forget.

Dimitri wrote:

> And you?

I was frying my ass off on windowpane acid.

As I was when the Challenger space shuttle blew up (except I think
they were microdots that time)

-sw

Dimitri said...

> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.


I remember worrying about Michael Lomonico executive chef at "Windows on the
World" from his Epicurious TV cooking show and prayed he made it. It was a
genuine relief when I learned he was OK.

Andy

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:30:08 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
>Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
>associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers which
>were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the Windows to
>the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
>I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was going on
>as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not understanding the
>situation as it was unfolding.
>
>We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged to
>meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
>As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
>screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At the
>moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone standing
>there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being attacked".
>
>As they say the rest is history.
>
>And you?

I was working in Secaucus, NJ. One of the local TV stations had a
remote office (they dispatched the video vans) on my floo. When the
first plane hit, we were invited into their space to see everything on
their monitors.

In between the first and second hits, several of us climbed to the
rooftop to watch the smoke rising. At that point, we considered it a
horrifying accident.

When we returned to the news offices, we watched the second plane
collide with the building and suddenly everything changed. The news
bureau was cut off from all its vans by then, as cell communications
were overwhelmed and down in many places.

I left the office once the towers fell, as I wanted to get the kids
out early from school. The the highway I took towards home had a clear
view of lower Manhattan. Cars were parked all along the highway and
people were out of their cars watching.

We could see the smoke for a long, long time, even from the town where
I lived - it seemed as if it smoldered forever. The smell in the city
wasacrid for quite awhile.


>Dimitri
>
>I hope we never forget.


As I do ever year, I watched the name reading this morning (on TV) at
ground zero. As in every year, it still tears me up.

I used to live very close to the towers. I served on a jury there for
over 6 months, ate at Windowns on the World many times, and took lots
out of town friends and family to the observation deck. Before the
towers were open, I used the plaza as my personal roller-rink.


Boron

"Dimitri" > wrote

> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was going
> on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not understanding the
> situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged to
> meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At the
> moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone
> standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being
> attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?

I had the tv on and I saw footage of the first plane hitting the WTC.
Ron happened to be on vacation and I leaned out the window to
tell him, and I can still see him look up at the clear blue sky as if
to say How could a pilot manage to hit a skyscraper today?

Then what seemed like seconds later, I leaned out the window to
say Another plane hit, the other tower. Oh.

I know what my brother was doing that day, too. Going to a
meeting in the WTC. As he was walking up Broadway, suddenly
a mass of dirt covered people came running around the corner.
He turned and ran.

I have many memories of the WTC. When I was a kid my Dad
would take us by the construction site just to see it, I was
amazed/terrified at the thought of the cranes up so high. Later,
the place wasn't actually finished though there were many
tenants, I worked in the skyscraper across the street. Sometimes
a couple of us would go over there and have lunch.

The, Just like that, it was gone. Glad my Dad wasn't here
to see that.

nancy

On Thu 11 Sep 2008 09:30:08a, Dimitri told us...

> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged
> to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone
> standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being
> attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.
>
>

In real time, it was much earlier in the morning here in Phoenix. I wasn't
working that day, and had just poured a cup of coffee and turned the TV on
in the great room to watch our local news. About a minute later the
program was interrupted with the beginning of TV coverage which lasted for
the rest of the day and into the night. Sitting there, home alone, I was
horrified, terrified, and mesmerized.

When we lived in Ohio, I had spend much time in Manhattan and had been to
the World Trade Center many times, and had eaten at Windows on the World a
fair number of times. For at least the first half hour I watched the
horrifying spectacle in almost total disbelief. I called a friend who
lived and worked in the East Village and we stayed on the phone for over an
hour, figuratively holding hands. My friend was terrified all of Manhattan
would be blown to bits.

The tragedy and horror of this event will stick in my mind forever.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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Dimitri wrote:

> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.

I do indeed. Was at 'the office' when the news broke and we were given
permission to get to the nearest TV and see what had happened. I did. I
couldn't believe my eyes when the various news services showed the
footage. (And I don't even live in the USA). I remember
thinking, "OMG - is this gonna be the start of WWIII?"

>
> I hope we never forget.

I sincerely doubt it. Who could?
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Google is my Friend (GIMF)

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.

I was in Portmerion, Wales, returning to my hotel in mid-afternoon after a
pleasant day wandering, and was greeted by the news on TV. Two memories
stand out: first, watching the American flag outside the hotel being lowered
to half-staff and second, remembering Americans who were stranded abroad
when WW II broke out, wondering when I would get home. I did, eventually,
but let me tell you it was a truly bizarre experience to be in another
country when your own country is attacked and then to be on one of the first
planes out of Heathrow.

And on the topic, isn't it odd what our initial thoughts are at times like
these. When, as a teenager, I heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor
(where's that?) I was concerned that I might not get the new trumpet I had
been promised for Christmas!

Felice

On Sep 11, 11:30*am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers which
> were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the Windows to
> the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was going on
> as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not understanding the
> situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged to
> meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. *Several men were standing around discussing the event. At the
> moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone standing
> there, the second plane hit. *A man said "Holy F*** We're being attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.

I was lying in bed listening to Minnesota Public Radio. As soon as
the news broke there I ran into the other room to turn on the TV. My
daughter and two friends (all college freshmen) were watching some
movie before they left for class. I punched ABC and saw the first
video almost had done this to us on purpose . I Sat down and cried.

I knew nothing else in my life was like this except the Kennedy
assassination. I told the girls they would remember the details of
that day for their entire lives. I told them also that nothing in our
country and probably our world would ever be the same again.

I didn't leave the set till I went to bed late that night. Watched TV
every available waking hour for weeks. One day I just stopped watching
TV and now I don't even have a set.

Lynn in Fargo

On Thu 11 Sep 2008 10:34:27a, Felice told us...

>
> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> I was in Portmerion, Wales, returning to my hotel in mid-afternoon after
> a pleasant day wandering, and was greeted by the news on TV. Two
> memories stand out: first, watching the American flag outside the hotel
> being lowered to half-staff and second, remembering Americans who were
> stranded abroad when WW II broke out, wondering when I would get home. I
> did, eventually, but let me tell you it was a truly bizarre experience
> to be in another country when your own country is attacked and then to
> be on one of the first planes out of Heathrow.
>
> And on the topic, isn't it odd what our initial thoughts are at times
> like these. When, as a teenager, I heard about the attack on Pearl
> Harbor (where's that?) I was concerned that I might not get the new
> trumpet I had been promised for Christmas!
>
> Felice

It is odd where our thoughts can take us. I was at home that day and
watched every minute of the coverage from the beginning. I had been at the
WTC numerous times when we lived in Ohio, but my partner had never been
there. We had a trip planned for NYC, and I was going to make it a point
to take him there and for a meal at Windows on the World. At some point
during that first day, it flashed thorough my mind that he would never see
it or eat there.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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Countdown till Veteran's Day
8wks 4dys 13hrs 14mins
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you need another excuse.
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ChattyCathy wrote on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:26:30 +0200:

>> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.

> I do indeed. Was at 'the office' when the news broke and we
> were given permission to get to the nearest TV and see what
> had happened. I did. I couldn't believe my eyes when the
> various news services showed the footage. (And I don't even
> live in the USA). I remember thinking, "OMG - is this gonna be
> the start of WWIII?"

>> I hope we never forget.

> I sincerely doubt it. Who could?

I can tell you where I was within 50 feet when I first heard the news on
my car radio. I did not realise how bad it was until I talked with the
receptionist at the office I was going to.
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Sep 11, 12:43*pm, Lynn from Fargo > wrote:
> On Sep 11, 11:30*am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> > Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> > associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers which
> > were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the Windows to
> > the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> > I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was going on
> > as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not understanding the
> > situation as it was unfolding.
>
> > We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged to
> > meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> > As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> > screen TV. *Several men were standing around discussing the event. At the
> > moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone standing
> > there, the second plane hit. *A man said "Holy F*** We're being attacked".
>
> > As they say the rest is history.
>
> > And you?
>
> > Dimitri
>
> > I hope we never forget.
====================================
PLEASE FORGIVE EDIT ERROR ON MY FIRST POST!

I was lying in bed listening to Minnesota Public Radio. *As soon as
the news broke there I ran into the other room to turn on the TV. My
daughter and two friends (all college freshmen) were watching some
movie before they left for class. I punched ABC and saw the first
video. Then we heard about the second plane.

I knew then that this was not an accident or an 'act of G-d' but that
someone had done this to us on purpose. I Sat down and cried.
>
> *I knew nothing else in my life was like this except the Kennedy
> assassination. I told the girls they would remember the details of
> that day for their entire lives. I told them also that nothing in our
> country and probably our world would ever be the same again.
>
> I didn't leave the set till I went to bed late that night. Watched only this on TV
> every available waking hour for weeks. One day I just stopped watching
> TV period and now I don't even have a set.
>
> Lynn in Fargo

On Sep 11, 1:26*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
> > I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> I do indeed. Was at 'the office' when the news broke and we were given
> permission to get to the nearest TV and see what had happened. I did. I
> couldn't believe my eyes when the various news services showed the
> footage. (And I don't even live in the USA). I remember
> thinking, "OMG - is this gonna be the start of WWIII?"

We were on the first day of training sessions on a new publishing
suite for the House of Commons publications. Everybody was crowded
into the Hansard area and we had just started when someone who was
looking at the tv said "there's been an accident! A plane crashed
into the World Trade Centre!"

At one point, my daughter called from Toronto and told me to go home
right away (I actually waited 30 minutes...boy was she angry) but
really there was not much risk of danger in Ottawa. A colleague's son
and his wife were in the Pentagon at the time it was "hit", but at the
other end. He got a call sometime soon after, reassuring him that
they were fine.

I remember where I was when we got the news John F. Kennedy was shot
(high school assembly, not called for that reason), when the moon walk
happened (in a rented room on Waverley), when I heard that Mao had
died (in the Montreal metro), when I heard Jacques Brel had died (at
work). The one that affected me most was the death of Jacques Brel.

On Thu 11 Sep 2008 11:05:46a, told us...

> On Sep 11, 1:26*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> Dimitri wrote:
>> > I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>>
>> I do indeed. Was at 'the office' when the news broke and we were given
>> permission to get to the nearest TV and see what had happened. I did. I
>> couldn't believe my eyes when the various news services showed the
>> footage. (And I don't even live in the USA). I remember
>> thinking, "OMG - is this gonna be the start of WWIII?"
>
> We were on the first day of training sessions on a new publishing
> suite for the House of Commons publications. Everybody was crowded
> into the Hansard area and we had just started when someone who was
> looking at the tv said "there's been an accident! A plane crashed
> into the World Trade Centre!"
>
> At one point, my daughter called from Toronto and told me to go home
> right away (I actually waited 30 minutes...boy was she angry) but
> really there was not much risk of danger in Ottawa. A colleague's son
> and his wife were in the Pentagon at the time it was "hit", but at the
> other end. He got a call sometime soon after, reassuring him that
> they were fine.
>
> I remember where I was when we got the news John F. Kennedy was shot
> (high school assembly, not called for that reason), when the moon walk
> happened (in a rented room on Waverley), when I heard that Mao had
> died (in the Montreal metro), when I heard Jacques Brel had died (at
> work). The one that affected me most was the death of Jacques Brel.

I really love Jacques Brel.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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*******************************************
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8wks 4dys 12hrs 50mins
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with a solemn writer. A serious writer
may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a

"Lynn from Fargo" > wrote in message
...
On Sep 11, 12:43 pm, Lynn from Fargo > wrote:
> On Sep 11, 11:30 am, "Dimitri" > wrote:

<snip>

PLEASE FORGIVE EDIT ERROR ON MY FIRST POST!

I was lying in bed listening to Minnesota Public Radio. As soon as
the news broke there I ran into the other room to turn on the TV. My
daughter and two friends (all college freshmen) were watching some
movie before they left for class. I punched ABC and saw the first
video. Then we heard about the second plane.

I knew then that this was not an accident or an 'act of G-d' but that
someone had done this to us on purpose. I Sat down and cried.

<snip>

> Lynn in Fargo

How lucky you were able to cry. It took me several years before I was able
to let my emotions out. I had to extend the stay at the hotel, re-book the
flight home (LA), take care of my business associate, make sure several
friends who were at the Toy Building (25th & Broadway) were OK. A friend
with a bad back walked from the toy building, to the George Washington
Bridge & across into New Jersey and directly to a hospital. I kept myself
busy, probably too busy, as a means of avoidance.

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged
> to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone
> standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being
> attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?

I was driving to Toronto with a co-worker and we were listening to the
Howard Stern Show. We thought it was a spoof and then clued in that it
might be real and switched to another station and confirmed it. When we
got to our destination we watched it on TV. Scary.

A year later we were travelling to Denver for a family wedding for
Sept.13 (the actually planned a Friday the 13th wedding) and it was
cheaper and easier to fly from Buffalo than Toronto. Between the time
my wife got a price to leave on the 12th and the next day when I got my
vacation request approved the price jumped by $160, but we got the
original price by leaving on the 11th.

We left the house in time to account for extra time at the border and
security, in case they were worried about a one year anniversary
incident. There was only one car ahead of us at the border and the
security was less than anything I had been through in Canadian and
European airports. You could have fired a cannon through the Buffalo
airport without hitting anyone, and the planes were only about 1/3 full.
It seemed that no one wanted to travel that day.

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was going
> on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not understanding the
> situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged to
> meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At the
> moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone
> standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being
> attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.
81/2 months pregnant, sat on the sofa, thinking what kind of world am I
bringing him into?

Sarah (UK)

I got a call at 5:00 in the morning from a friend that I worked at RAND with.
She told me to get up quick and turn on the TV. Saw the whole thing happen.
I will never forget.

J.


On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:30:08 -0400, Dimitri wrote
(in article >):

> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers which
> were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the Windows to
> the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was going on
> as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not understanding the
> situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged to
> meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At the
> moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone standing
> there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.
>

Dimitri wrote:
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>


I was driving to work when a report about the first plane hitting came
on the radio. I was pulling into the parking lot when they reported the
second plane.

Inside, everyone, staff and residents, were transfixed in front of the
facility's big screen TV, watching endless loops of the Tower strikes
and new breaking reports of a plane crash at the Pentagon, and early
mumblings about a crash someplace in Pennsylvania. The biggest news was
definitely the Towers... then the collapse of the Towers...

I had been here from New York for only two years at the time. My
employer was very sympathetic, and gave me the rest of the day off.

> Dimitri wrote:
>> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>>

I was just pulling into a parking spot a few mintues before work when I
heard.
I was working in an admissions office at a local university. Sometime
around 10 I took a call from a mom (I don't know why, but everyone calls
admissions first - regardless of what department is needed!) who was
trying to locate her son in order to tell him his father didn't go to
work that day. I tried calling the kid myself and finally got through to
tell him. He hadn't even heard the news yet. It was quite a teary moment
I'll tell you.

-Tracy

Dimitri wrote:
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had
> arranged to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of
> everyone standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F***
> We're being attacked".
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.

I was sleeping. It was 3:00 am, but I always slept with my TV on. I didn't
have cable at the time, so my only programming options to fall asleep to
came on NBC. NBC showed about 5 hours of talk shows and then the rest of
the night/morning was all news. You can ask my husband; if there is any
kind of disaster TV on, I wake right up. I missed seeing the first plane go
into the tower, but woke up at the point where everyone was still trying to
figure out what had happened. So, I literally *just* missed seeing it. I
watched in horror as I saw the tower burning and seeing the expressions of
the faces of the onlookers, both spectators and reporters. Then, the second
plane hit. I got cold chills up and down my legs. I knew that *that* was
no coincidence. I felt creepy being by myself, but I just couldn't stop
watching. I ran into my roommate's room to wake him up so that we could
watch the horrific devastation together.

kili

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> And you?

We were woken up by the phone ringing at 6.20am. It was DH's mother,
ringing to say that his sister, who was living in Washington DC at the
time, was safe.

He came back to bed and told me what was going on, then got up. He'd
put the radio on, so I listened to news coverage for a while then got up
and went to the Internet to see what I could find out.

We didn't put the TV on for three days, except for Agent Weasel's videos
-- she was three years old, and we figured she didn't need to see news
coverage of the event.

For that matter, I didn't want to see it either.

Miche

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"kilikini" > wrote in message
...
> Dimitri wrote:
>> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>>
>> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
>> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
>> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
>> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>>
>> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
>> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
>> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>>
>> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had
>> arranged to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>>
>> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
>> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
>> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of
>> everyone standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F***
>> We're being attacked".
>> As they say the rest is history.
>>
>> And you?
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>> I hope we never forget.
>
> I was sleeping. It was 3:00 am, but I always slept with my TV on. I
> didn't have cable at the time, so my only programming options to fall
> asleep to came on NBC. NBC showed about 5 hours of talk shows and then
> the rest of the night/morning was all news. You can ask my husband; if
> there is any kind of disaster TV on, I wake right up. I missed seeing the
> first plane go into the tower,

> kili
>
On the day in question no one had aired the first plane going into the tower
only the results a few minutes later - it was only after the second plane
hit did we realize we were under attack.

Dimitri

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:30:08 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>I hope we never forget.

We teachers are trying to ensure that we don't forget September 11.
Second and third grade (I teach third grade) hosted our fifth annual
Hero's Breakfast today. We serve breakfast to our local police,
fire, and military. Our students have a short program of patriotic
songs and we present our students' essays on heroes.

My students were about two years old when the attacks occured. It
won't be long before I have students who weren't even born by 2001.

Tara

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
5.247...
> On Thu 11 Sep 2008 09:30:08a, Dimitri told us...
>
>> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>>
>> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
>> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
>> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
>> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>>
>> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
>> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
>> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>>
>> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged
>> to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>>
>> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
>> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
>> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone
>> standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being
>> attacked".
>>
>> As they say the rest is history.
>>
>> And you?
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>> I hope we never forget.
>>
>>
>
> In real time, it was much earlier in the morning here in Phoenix. I
> wasn't
> working that day, and had just poured a cup of coffee and turned the TV on
> in the great room to watch our local news. About a minute later the
> program was interrupted with the beginning of TV coverage which lasted for
> the rest of the day and into the night. Sitting there, home alone, I was
> horrified, terrified, and mesmerized.
>
> When we lived in Ohio, I had spend much time in Manhattan and had been to
> the World Trade Center many times, and had eaten at Windows on the World a
> fair number of times. For at least the first half hour I watched the
> horrifying spectacle in almost total disbelief. I called a friend who
> lived and worked in the East Village and we stayed on the phone for over
> an
> hour, figuratively holding hands. My friend was terrified all of
> Manhattan
> would be blown to bits.
>
> The tragedy and horror of this event will stick in my mind forever.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright

Unfortunately Windows had adequate food at best but the several times we
were there the service was all but non existent. Horrible!

The darkened bar with the several story windows the overlooked the entrance
to the harbor was magnificent. A great place on a cold evening to sip a
drink and see forever........

Dimitri

It was a Tuesday morning, the only day of the week my food pantry is
open. I had just unlocked the door to let the clients in, when the
church secretary came into the room looking like she had seen a ghost.
She had been listening to the radio and told us that a plane had crashed
into some skyscraper in NY and other bad things were happening. As we
had no tv available where we were, I ran down stairs to the church
basement where I knew that the Sunday School kids had a tv to watch
videos. I was able to detach the cable from the tv to the tape player
and hook up the rabbit ears, just in time to see the second plane hit.

We only had a couple clients that morning, where we'd usually have 15 or
20 families. My minister arrived because she knew that people would
start calling the church. As it turned out, the family of a flight
attendant on one of the downed planes was associated with my church.
We decided to open the church that night and have a time of prayer. We
started a calling tree to try to let everyone know that we would all
assemble at 7 pm and for everyone to call someone else. The church was
totally full, people from all over town who had never even been to our
church before joined together. It was one of the most moving services
I've ever been to. As I am a lay speaker, I was sitting facing the
congregation, it was horrifying. I can't describe what the people's
faces looked like, sort of dead themselves.

Denise

"Tara" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:30:08 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>>I hope we never forget.
>
> We teachers are trying to ensure that we don't forget September 11.
> Second and third grade (I teach third grade) hosted our fifth annual
> Hero's Breakfast today. We serve breakfast to our local police,
> fire, and military. Our students have a short program of patriotic
> songs and we present our students' essays on heroes.
>
> My students were about two years old when the attacks occured. It
> won't be long before I have students who weren't even born by 2001.
>
> Tara


Maybe this will make it real for them;

http://i37.tinypic.com/14m7zog.jpg

A wall of desperation.

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged
> to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone
> standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being
> attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.

Typed up for another group this morning:

Oh, gee. I had dropped my daughter off at school and was on my
way to do some early morning shopping.... I had the radio on and
was hearing the reports pretty much as this all happened. I
remember looking at other drivers, seeing they seemed unaware that
something calamitous had happened. At first, it seemed like it
might have been an accident, but then it immediately became
apparent to me that the second one was not a mere coincidence. I
proceeded to shop in a daze, kind-of on autopilot. The folks at
the first store were unaware.... At the second store, they were
just beginning to be aware. I went home and turned on the TV....
(I don't watch TV.) Sigh.

I heard a man on the radio this morning. He had escaped from the
first (I think) tower--had been a few floors under where the plane
hit. Although I certainly haven't forgotten and won't forget this
awful day, I was surprised at the intensity of feeling that
immediately came back as this man started speaking.... And tears.

--
Jean B.

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:03:17 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Thu 11 Sep 2008 09:30:08a, Dimitri told us...
>
>> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>>
>> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
>> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
>> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
>> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>>
>> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
>> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
>> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>>
>> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged
>> to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>>
>> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
>> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
>> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone
>> standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being
>> attacked".
>>
>> As they say the rest is history.
>>
>> And you?
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>> I hope we never forget.
>>
>>
>
>In real time, it was much earlier in the morning here in Phoenix. I wasn't
>working that day, and had just poured a cup of coffee and turned the TV on
>in the great room to watch our local news. About a minute later the
>program was interrupted with the beginning of TV coverage which lasted for
>the rest of the day and into the night. Sitting there, home alone, I was
>horrified, terrified, and mesmerized.
>
>When we lived in Ohio, I had spend much time in Manhattan and had been to
>the World Trade Center many times, and had eaten at Windows on the World a
>fair number of times. For at least the first half hour I watched the
>horrifying spectacle in almost total disbelief. I called a friend who
>lived and worked in the East Village and we stayed on the phone for over an
>hour, figuratively holding hands. My friend was terrified all of Manhattan
>would be blown to bits.
>
>The tragedy and horror of this event will stick in my mind forever.


I was visiting in AZ. At about 6am I was reading email. Got a
message from my husband and turned on the TV. DH wondered if I wanted
him to drive out and bring me home. I decided that I would try the
airline.

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>

I was at work and I hadn't been on Usenet for very long but I remember a
post from a group that I read back then that was a PING to me about the
Pentagon being next. I'm like, WTF? I hadn't heard about the tower hit
yet, and that PING post totally freaked me out. I'm in Maryland and not
close to the Pentagon, but being *close* enough to ground zero in DC it was
scary not knowing if there'd be more targets. They let us out of work
early, and I couldn't get a hold of my son and I called his boss to find out
where he was dispatched to that day. DC area, but not near the Pentagon. I
remember making a choice to NOT drive the Capitol Beltway thinking that with
the traffic we're sitting ducks. I also recall that sitting at a red light
in heavy traffic and hearing planes overhead even after they were all
grounded. They were military and flying very low. I'll never forget how
everyone I could see in cars around me had their heads out of their windows
all looking up at the sky.

At work before the second tower hit a guy I work with said we were under
attack. I don't recall the news saying that after I was able to find out
what was going on. The news web sites were all unavailable due to high
traffic and I can't get radio reception in my building. It was horrible not
being able to find out what was going on. We had to rely on a co-workers
husbands phone call reports to us before they let us out of work.

My parents were on a cruise at the time in the Pacific and the fear of not
knowing if there would be more targets scared the shit out of me. Finally
got a hold of my son, and he laughed at how scared I was as his whereabouts.
Of course I lost him about 1 and a half years later, and that was a much
more life-changing event than something that impacted the whole country
because it impacted me personally. But I'll never forget 9/11.

Cheryl

Dimitri wrote:
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged
> to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone
> standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F*** We're being
> attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.

I had been in New York City just a few days earlier. I had taken photos
of the WTC from the Staten Island Ferry. When I heard the news we were
in a campground outside of Hershey, PA.

My mother lived in Paterson, NJ and she told me that the Arab community
was celebrating by dancing in the streets. To this day, I cannot imagine
anyone living in this country rejoicing at such death and destruction.

Having watched the WTC being built and having looked at it almost every
day of my life until we left the NY metro area in 1996, I still get a
horrible, sinking feeling near my heart whenever I return to the area
and look at the skyline with it prominent missing parts.
--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Dimitri wrote:

> On the day in question no one had aired the first plane going into the
> tower only the results a few minutes later - it was only after the
> second plane hit did we realize we were under attack.

That's true. I had been watching the NYC Fox station on satellite when
the first plane hit. I thought it was a small plane accident.

I left the trailer to go use the pay phone and when I got back, someone
came over and said that another plane had hit. Then it became clear that
we were under attack.

We worried for a couple of years about the young man my late daughter
had been serious with before she died. He worked for one of the
financial companies in the WTC. We listened to the role call ever year
for 4 years straight to make sure his name was not read.

Being from New Jersey we know several families who lost loved ones. We
know others who lost their homes and possessions.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Janet Wilder wrote:

> My mother lived in Paterson, NJ and she told me that the Arab community
> was celebrating by dancing in the streets. To this day, I cannot imagine
> anyone living in this country rejoicing at such death and destruction.
>


They're *Arabs*, fer chrissakes, what on earth do you *expect*...???


--
Best
Greg

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:03:22 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>
>My mother lived in Paterson, NJ and she told me that the Arab community
>was celebrating by dancing in the streets.

Your mother was misinformed. This never happened and was refuted Arab
community leaders, by the mayor, the Paterson police chief and
Passaic county sheriff. Please do not contribute to discrimination
against Arabs by spreading such a story.

On the other hand, there was some very interesting , if harrowing
backlash right nearby. I live one town over from Paterson, where the
next night someone shot out the windows of a local business that was
owned by an Indonesian Muslim. This I know to be true, because I
stopped by the store, some of its front glass boarded over, and a
place I had never been in before, to speak to the owner and his
family about the incident.

Boron

"Dimitri" > fnord
:

> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged
> to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of
> everyone standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F***
> We're being attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.
>

I was working at a drugstore. I came in at 7 and finished up my morning
routine of emptying the cash drawers from the night before and preparing
the deposit for the bank. The pharmacist came in just before his shift
started at 9 and came up to the counter I was working at, and told me a
plane had hit the world trade center. I thought he meant a cessna or
something... I remember going back to dusting the boxes of perfume we
kept behind the counter, and not long after that, he came back over and
updated me on what was going on. He was a, uh.. character... and I
thougt he was ****ing with me at first. I think it's the only time I
ever saw him with a serious facial expression.

My manager ended up turning on the TV in the breakroom, but we all
worked our full shifts. It was weird having customers come up to me all
day and ask why were all there, working. Ringing up people's shampoo and
beer, pricing batteries, ending transactions with "have a nice day"
automatically. Wincing afterwards. So surreal, knowing what was going
on. One guy yelled at me for that. Customer service training dies hard,
I guess.

I had recently found out I was pregnant with my daughter and when I got
home all I could do was sit in front of the TV, alternately crying and
watching in shock at the images I saw playing over and over. I was
convinced that it was just the beginning, and everything was going to
get much, much worse. Feeling guilty for deciding to bring a child into
a world where people would do such a thing.

I remember a military plane (presumably from Selfridge ANG base) flying
over head a few days later and it freaking me the **** out.

--
Saerah

"Welcome to Usenet, Biatch! Adapt or haul ass!"
- some hillbilly from FL

On Thu 11 Sep 2008 04:00:48p, Dimitri told us...

>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 5.247...
>> On Thu 11 Sep 2008 09:30:08a, Dimitri told us...
>>
>>> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>>>
>>> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
>>> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers
>>> which were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the
>>> Windows to the World restaurant on the top floor.
>>>
>>> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was
>>> going on as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not
>>> understanding the situation as it was unfolding.
>>>
>>> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged
>>> to meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>>>
>>> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
>>> screen TV. Several men were standing around discussing the event. At
>>> the moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of
>>> everyone standing there, the second plane hit. A man said "Holy F***
>>> We're being attacked".
>>>
>>> As they say the rest is history.
>>>
>>> And you?
>>>
>>> Dimitri
>>>
>>> I hope we never forget.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> In real time, it was much earlier in the morning here in Phoenix. I
>> wasn't
>> working that day, and had just poured a cup of coffee and turned the TV
>> on in the great room to watch our local news. About a minute later the
>> program was interrupted with the beginning of TV coverage which lasted
>> for the rest of the day and into the night. Sitting there, home alone,
>> I was horrified, terrified, and mesmerized.
>>
>> When we lived in Ohio, I had spend much time in Manhattan and had been
>> to the World Trade Center many times, and had eaten at Windows on the
>> World a fair number of times. For at least the first half hour I
>> watched the horrifying spectacle in almost total disbelief. I called a
>> friend who lived and worked in the East Village and we stayed on the
>> phone for over an
>> hour, figuratively holding hands. My friend was terrified all of
>> Manhattan
>> would be blown to bits.
>>
>> The tragedy and horror of this event will stick in my mind forever.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
>
> Unfortunately Windows had adequate food at best but the several times we
> were there the service was all but non existent. Horrible!
>
> The darkened bar with the several story windows the overlooked the
> entrance to the harbor was magnificent. A great place on a cold evening
> to sip a drink and see forever........
>
> Dimitri
>
>

Yes, you're quite right about the food. I had wanted to take David there
just for the experience, as he had never been there. There was nothing
quite like the view.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:16:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Thu 11 Sep 2008 04:00:48p, Dimitri told us...

>>
>> Unfortunately Windows had adequate food at best but the several times we
>> were there the service was all but non existent. Horrible!
>>
>> The darkened bar with the several story windows the overlooked the
>> entrance to the harbor was magnificent. A great place on a cold evening
>> to sip a drink and see forever........
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>>
>
>Yes, you're quite right about the food. I had wanted to take David there
>just for the experience, as he had never been there. There was nothing
>quite like the view.

What was quite decent there was weekend brunch. Much better than
dinner.

Boron

Tara > fnord
:

> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:30:08 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>>I hope we never forget.
>
> We teachers are trying to ensure that we don't forget September 11.
> Second and third grade (I teach third grade) hosted our fifth annual
> Hero's Breakfast today. We serve breakfast to our local police,
> fire, and military. Our students have a short program of patriotic
> songs and we present our students' essays on heroes.
>

That's totally awesome. I think the events of 7 years ago have made me
develop a more healthy respect for people in those jobs. I make a point
of thanking people in uniform for serving us, and I encourage my
daughter to do the same. My brother (the one who calls me a hippie
socialist) was shocked when I did so at a Tigers game we went to last
year.

> My students were about two years old when the attacks occured. It
> won't be long before I have students who weren't even born by 2001.

I've had to explain it to my daughter after she had heard about it and
asked what was being discussed on the news last year. Explaining to a
small child why anyone would do such a thing is very, very hard. (and
no, "they hate our freedom" doesn't cut it.)


--
Saerah

"Welcome to Usenet, Biatch! Adapt or haul ass!"
- some hillbilly from FL

On Sep 11, 9:30*am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> I'll bet you remember what you were doing 7 years ago today.
>
> Me, I had flown in to Newark airport the night before with a business
> associate. Flying in to the airport I had pointed out the twin towers which
> were just above the cloud cover. and was telling her about the Windows to
> the World restaurant on the top floor.
>
> I had turned on the Today show in my room while the speculation was going on
> as to what type of plane had hit the first tower not understanding the
> situation as it was unfolding.
>
> We were staying at the Radisson in Paramus New Jersey and had arranged to
> meet for Breakfast in the morning.
>
> As I walked through the Bar to get to the restaurant there was a giant
> screen TV. *Several men were standing around discussing the event. At the
> moment I looked at the giant screen, much to the horror of everyone standing
> there, the second plane hit. *A man said "Holy F*** We're being attacked".
>
> As they say the rest is history.
>
> And you?
>
> Dimitri
>
> I hope we never forget.

That morning, I had the radio on to my usual classical music station
as I made my breakfast.--I never turn on the TV first thing in the
morning. Too much "world" that early in the day. I live on the West
Coast,and at the time I got up, I had no idea what had happened in
New York at 5 a.m. Pacific time. I was listening as I cooked, but
not really paying attention--it was just a Tuesday in September,
right? After the piece of music that was playing when I turned the
radio on had finished, the DJ said "Well, it's official the World
Trade Center is gone." My first thought was "gone? Where could it
GO?" I do remember the day felt surreal and awful. Everything looked
so normal, but I knew it wasn't anymore. Everything seemed sinister,
and the quiet was the worst. I noticed this because I live in the
flight line of two local airports, and not hearing any planes overhead
creeped me out. Then, on Thursday when planes started flying again, it
sounded so loud I thought it was about to land on the neighbor's
roof.

One of those days you just don't forget.

Melissa

Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:03:22 -0500, Janet Wilder
> > wrote:
>
>> My mother lived in Paterson, NJ and she told me that the Arab community
>> was celebrating by dancing in the streets.
>
> Your mother was misinformed. This never happened and was refuted Arab
> community leaders, by the mayor, the Paterson police chief and
> Passaic county sheriff. Please do not contribute to discrimination
> against Arabs by spreading such a story.

My mother and several of her neighbors were right there and saw it
personally. They would not lie. They had no reason to lie.

We have a relative with the NYC news media and when I asked him about
this about face of the mayor, etc. he told me that the State and Federal
government had gone to all the media and told them to withhold the story
from publication because it would create "open season" on Arabs all over
the US, some of whom were not guilty of such evil behavior.

Ask me if I care if people who danced in the streets when Americans died
are deserving of my concern about "discrimination".

> On the other hand, there was some very interesting , if harrowing
> backlash right nearby. I live one town over from Paterson, where the
> next night someone shot out the windows of a local business that was
> owned by an Indonesian Muslim. This I know to be true, because I
> stopped by the store, some of its front glass boarded over, and a
> place I had never been in before, to speak to the owner and his
> family about the incident.


I guess that's why the media was ordered to hush-hush the Paterson business.

BTW, a few days after 9/11 I met some young people who were attending
Penn State and lived in the dorms. They talked about the Arab students
in their dorm building partying that night.

I'm sure not all Arabs were celebrating that night, but there were those
who did and I know from the first hand experience of several people whom
I trust.



--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life