My original message got slightly chewed... Here is the corrected version:
> > I am currently watching the news from the United States, there are no
> words
> > to express how I feel, my heart goes out to the whole of the country and
> in
> > particular to those areas affected. I hope that all your loved ones are
> > safe.
> >
> > Graham.
>
>
> Graham-
>
> I just returned from a day of work and horror listening to the reports of
> what has occurred in NYC and Washington. I deliver auto parts, and in
every
> shop a television was on, and the feelings were the same: Who ever did
this
> will pay.
>
> I live in a part of New Jersey about 45 minutes by car from downtown
> Manhattan. Many people around here brave the daily commute to work there.
> Luckily, I do not have any relatives who do, however I ran across a few
> people... A Federal Express driver who's uncle worked on the top floor of
> one of the towers- He had no idea of his uncle's condition at that time. A
> woman who's son in law works in one tower, and was luckily late leaving
this
> morning- he heard about it on the way in, and went home, and called his
head
> office so they would not be looking for him. I am also wondering about one
> friend who works in the financial district, but I don't know where... I
sent
> him an e-mail to inquire. My sister's recent ex-boyfriend lives in Boston,
> and commutes to LA. He wasn't on the hijacked plane, but a close friend of
> his was. I even worried about my brother who occasionally visits the city.
> But he was safe.
>
> This whole day has been one long bad dream feeling foreveryone I spoke
with... And we keep waiting
> for the other shoe to drop- NY and Washington may have only been the slap-
I
> am worried for the west coast.
> Also, the fact all the aircraft in the country are grounded is
> disconcerting- today, only the birds ruled the skies. And those few
aircraft
> we saw were scary just being there. (I had the pleasure of having the
> daylights scared out of me when everything was supposed to be down, and
a
> car-company blimp(!) caught the corner of my eye! I guess it took them a
> little longer to get where they needed to be) Earlier in the morning, I
> watched every plane heading for Philadelphia with a sense of dread- I am
> only about 15 miles from there, and I knew if anything happened, we would
> see it.
It is strange looking at the darker than usual night sky, and not seeing any
little lights heading into Philadelphia...
>
>
> A helicopter just flew over- but I am pretty sure it was the State Police
> medi-vac.
>
> Just so my friend Laura in California doesn't worry- I want the country to
> get vengeance, but only on those responsible- I had one person tell me
today
> that" if you stop in a gas station run by one of those people, feel free
to
> shoot" I told him point blank that not every person from the suspected
area
> of the world is to blame- just those who did this. I was upset he should
> make such a jack-ass comment, and told him so.
>
> Everybody, I haven't got a lot of words today. It just doesn't seem like
> there is anything that can be said.
>
> Scott
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