I was born and raised in Brooklyn, now transpanted to Chicago. My Mom
worked near the WTC for over 20 years, now transplated to San Jose. My wife
only lived in NYC for 3.5 years but she also has a great love for that city.
We all feel that we have been personally attacked. You can take the New
Yorker out of NYC, but you can't take NYC out of the New Yorker.
-- Dennis McGrath
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Nicky Avery
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:54 PM
To: R:Base list
Subject: The attack
I want to say how much I, as just one lister, appreciate the messages
from our listers abroad.
I think that you can't live in NY without taking a part of the City away
in your heart. I'm a former broker in downtown Manhattan and I've called
and been called by my ex-colleagues from all over. Many of us were
visitors to or workers in the WTC at one time or another and each of us
knows one or more of the victims.
As an example, one of my dear friends - a former trader, herself -
almost certainly has been widowed in this attack: her husband worked for
Cantor on the 101st floor. When we spoke earlier today she was about to
make her way into Manhattan to meet with Cantor personnel to try to find
out if anyone saw him. I have heard in her voice what this attack has
achieved.
Among many things Tuesday proved here are two: the moral squalor of the
perpetrators and that the population of New York was vastly
underestimated by them; there appear to be around 270 million New
Yorkers in the USA and more abroad.
Nicky
