Terrorist Action 11/9/2001

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How are we supposed to go on with life after this?

One might as well ask how there could be poetry after Auschwitz, as was asked at the time.

And yet here we all are.

Sleep if you can. Then face the day.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

So glad you all are ok. I was very worried. I'm still in shock. Still can't believe that both towers are just *gone*... the morning light will be grim. No one is talking about it (for obvious reasons) but they even evacuated us all here in downtown Toronto - not that it helps me any as I live right down here too. There was police tape around the CN Tower, 'rush hour' home was at ten am, police at the subways, all our flights are grounded until tomorrow noon, men with machine guns are apparently patrolling Pearson airport to guard the planes. The bank didn't let us go until later than most but we had the TV and radio on as it was unfolding - many saw the second plane's impact on the live broadcast. I could handle the brave face mentality that some people had, but when there was some normal chatter and laughing, I just had to creep off to the staff washroom for a secret cry. All I could think of was those poor unsuspecting people. And the footage... :( ... emoticons are so insufficient.

― Kim, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

They have Tom Clancy on CNN. Why not someone who writes analysis. I am now seeing my first images . It is alot more horrific to see.

― anthony, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

They're now saying there's at least 800 dead at the Pentagon. 300 firefighters in New York. Death tolls are now speculated in the high thousands.

WHY do news production teams feel the need to ADD drama to this disaster via stupid 'punchy' music and splashy graphics? argh..

also... world-wide stock market drops are beginning to be reported as I'm typing.

― Kim, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

um, I just wanted to say that I really feel for you all. I have been feeling shocked and horrified all day, so I can only imagine what it is like for those of you in the U.S.A.

I dont really know what else to say but this: Sometimes since I have been coming to ILE, things you have said have cheered me and made me feel less stressed or crazed or alone or whatever.

I wish that I could do the same for you. Obviously this situation is too big for anyone to do anything about, but I still care and when I first heard the news, you were the people I thought about first.

― rainy, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

WHY do news production teams feel the need to ADD drama to this disaster via stupid 'punchy' music and splashy graphics? argh..

This is precisely why I'm not watching any more TV coverage of this.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

FYI - it seems that there are plenty of upset eBayers enraged by the audacity some folks have for posting WTC-related merch (photos, paintings, posters, etc.) up for sale, and have been making ridiculous bids (upwards of $10,000+) on these auctions to muck up their quick-buck plans. This is assuming that aliases like "you_sik_fuk" aren't linked to actual bidders willing to drop that much cash on a WTC pic.

― David Raposa, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

My "Escape From NY" persona has slipped, I have fallen into deep depression, I can't wait to get the Massachusetts this weekend, come hell or high water (literally) I'll get out of this city Friday.

― Ally, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Sorry Ally. THis is horrible. I feel such greif. I can't be my usual asinine self. But "tart" anyways. Hope you end up on the up side.

― Pennysong Hanle y, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

It's good to see that some things always remain the same. At least I'm still around for you to call a tart, I can think of it that way.

― Ally, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

ILE -- the spirit still thrives. :-)

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I just want to sincerely thank you guys for lifting my spirits a little. I know I haven't been posting much lately, but school's just started up and I'm super-busy. Being in Virginia (William and Mary College), I know a lot of people whose parents/friends work in the Pentagon, and others who have loved ones in Manhattan, etc. I too have gradually become queasy after the gut-wrenchingly predictable news coverage and "official" reactions, and I'm so glad I decided to check out the threads herein. I've never even met any of you, but I feel so much better knowing that you're all okay. It's so refreshing to see level-headed discussions and genuine mutual care right now. I just want to thank you all before I go to bed... it's been a rough day everywhere, and I wish you all the best.

― Clarke B., Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Channel 4 have found foootage of the first crash into the WTC.
After a night's restless sleep, still feel too numb to adequately express how I feel.

― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Tranatlantic flights due to restart 5pm (midday New York).

― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Key to all this may be: wreckage of 4th jet in Somerset County. Around 3:30pm BST (10:30am EST), I'm sure I saw a brief shot of USAF fighters scrambled to 'intercept' 4th hijacked jet on CNN coverage. Sometime later this was reported as down. Tiny snippet on Ceefax this morning (and may just be poorly-phrased and inadvertently ambiguous) about man on 4th jet (Newark-SF) making cellphone call and being cut off *after* an explosion. Shot down?

As it's the only jet to crash on open terrain, I guess there's a fair chance of recovery of black-box recorder/bodies of hijackers/etc.

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

BTW, Kabul explosions confirmed as rocket attack by opposition forces. No (direct) US involvement.

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I was away from the 'net for once and watched the whole thing on telly after scariest text message ever "Get to a TV. New York is on fire." We heard reports that the Internet was down so stayed in and watched rather than try and get here to EasyEverything. I just want to say how glad I am that everyone I know in NYC is safe: I am still enormously frightened and worried by the geopolitical situation, and the fact that even if people I know are OK, they will surely know people who weren't.

Thanks DG for moderating so well and thanks everyone for using ILE.

― Tom, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

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