Half an hour from the end of this day, I'm taking a deep breath and simply trying to process all the images. I wonder sometimes if we humans have whatever "equipment" must be necessary to take in something so fundamentally unbelievable. On a personal note, as I just discovered, my family dodged a double bullet. When I heard that one of the planes (turns out it was both) that crashed into the WTC had originated from Boston, and then that a third plane had crashed near Pittsburgh, my first thought was for my aunt, scheduled to leave Boston and arrive in Pittsburgh sometime early this week when I last talked to her a little more than a week ago. Turns out she DID leave Boston this morning--on the one right before American Flight 11, the flight she usually takes. And my first cousin, her daughter, who lives in Boston, often WORKS Flight 11, but was not doing so this morning. She knew all the crew though, so it's very hard for her. You are all in my prayers tonight, as is everyone who lost a loved one today. . .and everyone who, beyond all reckoning, "dodged a bullet." Take care, stay safe, and be well, Mary.
