Quoting Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brett Coster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > Emotions are still high, as you can see on this list. That is natural and
> > appropriate. It is part of the grieving process, something ALL of us on this
> > list are going through. We have all seen the news, many of us in real time.
> >
>
> That's absolutely true.
And many of us have actually been to New York, been by or on top of the twin
towers at one time or another (ironically all the people I care for most in the
world have, except for myself. And now I never will).
Many of us have friends or friends of friends who are there right now, on
vacation or working in the international financial district. Several hundred
Britons are missing, we're not sure how many Dutch people, and we have seen
many Europeans on tv who got out just in time.
As someone said on tv last night, New York isn't just an American city, it's
the Capital of the Western World, and the most International City on Earth. We
were ALL hit by this. Not just because it's so huge, or because could happen
anywhere, but because it happened in New York, the center of the western
universe. New York, New York.
I have to get back to work now, deadline looming, even though it's very hard to
concentrate. Those people where sitting safely in their offices, going about
their day. Offices much like mine, filled with people like those around me.
It's just so unreal.
Today has been declared a national day of remembrance, flags are half-mast on
this building and everywhere in the country, and at noon there will be 3
minutes of absolute silence. No cars, trains, nor plains will move. We're all
very shaken. Life has changed forever.
