I wasn't going to comment on some of these threads,
but I seem to be the only one personally affected by
this event.
I left for work late on Tuesday because it was my
daughters first day of school. I got out of the subway
at the corner of Broadway and Wall St. right after the
second plane hit. There was dust in the air and paper
all over the place. The hole in one of the buildings
was at least 4 stories tall. After staring at the
buildings for about 5 minutes I ran to work (about 6
blocks away). About 30 - 45 minutes later the first
building collapsed. Within a minute or two a cloud of
dust came down Williams Street that engulfed the
building that I work in (12 stories high). You
couldn't see 5 feet. After the second building
collapsed our building was evacuated. It was like
nuclear night outside. You couldn't breath and the
dust was so thick you couldn't see more than 10 feet.
I wrapped a towel around my mouth and headed toward
the Brooklyn Bridge. I had to stop every block or two
to go into a building because my eyes stung so much.
Finally I was far enough away that the sun broke
through. It took me over 3 hours to walk uptown and
get home. I can't describe the hell that downtown NY
is right now.
I found out yesterday that my friends brother didn't
make it out. He worked at Cantor Fitzgerald on the
101st floor. I know that I have to call her but for
some reason I can't pick up the phone. I'm still
looking for friends from Morgan Stanley, Merrill
Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank. I spoke to
my friends from Credit Suisse First Boston yesterday,
they're ok. If you live in another part of the
country, you have to understand that a lot of IT
people work in the World Trade Center. Until April my
office at Credit Suisse was on the 9th floor at 5 WTC.
Whenever I go outside I just start to loose it. The
past few days have not been easy.
Don't get upset with people who vent their feelings.
Just try to be sensitive, you never know if someone
lost a friend or family member.
Hug your kids. Tell you parents you love them. Life
looks a little different after something like this
happens to you.
If anyone wants to contact me directly, my e-mail
address and phone numbers are below. I trust everyone
will be discreet.
In NY at 7 PM tonight people are lighting candles. It
may seem like a small thing, but it's something.
Peter Koppelman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(212) 579-2967 (home)
(917) 826-9295 (cell)
--- "Pollack, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> here's an email from an unfeeling perl wizard. i
> see his point somewhat,
> but his lack of compassion is alarming.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney Wines
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:37 PM
> To: Pollack, David
> Subject: Re: ?????
>
>
> The word is "you're".
>
> And how am I an idiot? You're the one pestering all
> of us with this crap?
>
> Are you really such a stupid little shit that you
> don't know that that's how
> you're supposed to be acting. That was the whole
> point of the exercise.
> Everything is supposed to come to a stop, we're all
> supposed to piss in our
> pants, and be unable to do anything, cowards and
> weaklings that we are.
>
> Me? I refuse to play. If all this wailing and
> gnashing of teeth would bring
> even one of those people back, or bring any comfort
> to their families, I'd
> be out there wailing and teeth gnashing with the
> best of them. But it won't
> help. Therefore, I intend to continue to live my
> life to the fullest until
> something puts an end to it, and I'm not going to
> give some fanatic the
> satisfaction of changing that.
>
> I've got a life to live and a job to do, and I
> intend to get on with both.
> You make your own choice, and don't bother me with
> it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pollack, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> David
> To: 'Rodney Wines'
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 6:15 PM
> Subject: RE: ?????
>
> youre an idiot.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney Wines
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:17 PM
> To: Pollack, David
> Subject: Re: ?????
>
>
> Then don't look. Life is simple that way.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pollack, David <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> To: 'Rodney Wines'
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 6:06 PM
> Subject: RE: ?????
>
> because seeingthe emails about perl questions, so
> soon after this, seems
> obtuse and cold.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney Wines
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:05 PM
> To: Pollack, David
> Subject: Re: ?????
>
>
> It's only you. Why did you ask?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pollack, David <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> To Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 5:23 PM
> Subject: ?????
>
>
> is it only me, or do perl scripts just seem not so
> important this week?
>
>
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