tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post115798700580182563..comments2023-10-10T12:17:54.548-04:00Comments on One Life, Take Two: FiveJeffersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01133275691982057440noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158366495271696562006-09-15T20:28:00.000-04:002006-09-15T20:28:00.000-04:00I used to work 1.5 blocks away from the trade ctr....I used to work 1.5 blocks away from the trade ctr. I'd take the PATH train and arrive each day at 8:45 AM, as my train almost always put me in Hoboken at the same time. I think the first plane hit at 8:50. I'd have normally been in line at the bagel place in the lower-level shopping mall then...But I was on vacation and supposed to fly back that day. The intersection I usually crossed to get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158046280812245642006-09-12T03:31:00.000-04:002006-09-12T03:31:00.000-04:00I was thinking of you, and every other American to...I was thinking of you, and every other American today. It's taking me some time getting around to you all.<BR/><BR/>Living where i do, I can truly empathize with the utter horror that was 9/11. My heart goes out to everyone reliving the shock and torment caused only five short years ago.<BR/><BR/><I>(When did five years stop being a long time? Did i grow up and not notice?)</I><BR/><BR/>Your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158037926827303542006-09-12T01:12:00.000-04:002006-09-12T01:12:00.000-04:00That day, I was stuck in the subway tunnels for se...That day, I was stuck in the subway tunnels for several hours, until they walked us out through the stalled trains ("only 40 more to go"!) and I came above ground at the Brooklyn Bridge. I walked north, turned back to look at the smoke, feeling like Lot's wife.<BR/><BR/>Today I held it together pretty well, until I was sitting in St. Patrick's, listening to a chorus of 200 sing "Amazing Grace." Vivianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815279146655404243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158034193826317872006-09-12T00:09:00.000-04:002006-09-12T00:09:00.000-04:00I still remember where I was. I had walked into my...I still remember where I was. I had walked into my grade twelve media class. It was kind of a casual setting and the teacher would let us listen to the radio. When we walking into class and started talking she told us to be quiet, she was trying to listen to something important that had just happened.<BR/><BR/>I still can't watch any of the anniversary stuff. It's just too much.Biancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719381886404044963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158029438354061012006-09-11T22:50:00.000-04:002006-09-11T22:50:00.000-04:00Oh Collie. He sounds like such a love.Oh Collie. He sounds like such a love.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18092936064704896901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158026928660577342006-09-11T22:08:00.000-04:002006-09-11T22:08:00.000-04:00An incredible post. You're a father first, and a p...An incredible post. You're a father first, and a pervert second. I admire you for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158026317209164742006-09-11T21:58:00.000-04:002006-09-11T21:58:00.000-04:00I thought of you this morning as the news shows al...I thought of you this morning as the news shows all talked about that day...I cannot imagine what it must have been like. Here on the west coast all I wanted to do was find my babies and hold them close...<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158023411080041462006-09-11T21:10:00.000-04:002006-09-11T21:10:00.000-04:00I've put myself in close to a media blackout for t...I've put myself in close to a media blackout for the past few days, torn between the personal and international, the private and the universal.<BR/><BR/>I wasn't sure whether or not to read this post, even. But I'm glad I did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158019725449805852006-09-11T20:08:00.000-04:002006-09-11T20:08:00.000-04:00I remember the day after sending off the "Are you ...I remember the day after sending off the "Are you okay?" emails to my friends in New York. It struck me as amazing how connected we all are nowadays. <BR/>A month later one of the PC magazines had a cover of a green and white email screen with the 9/11 date and the words "Are you okay?" in the message window. That was the entire cover artwork. I still have that magazine packed away somewhereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158017142931341652006-09-11T19:25:00.000-04:002006-09-11T19:25:00.000-04:00I'll never forgive myself for not being in town th...I'll never forgive myself for not being in town that day. I dunno what I could have done. But I've always felt so wrong for not being here.Mitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287603838726099891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1158010877010806662006-09-11T17:41:00.000-04:002006-09-11T17:41:00.000-04:009/11 somehow distorted time. Because it feels as i...9/11 somehow distorted time. Because it feels as if it were only yesterday, such were the emotions that terrible day drew up in me.....<BR/><BR/>Watching the memorial events today; seeing that the Lionheart that is New York City hush for a time to remember; and feeling the same heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach as when I walked through the door and turned on the TV five years ago: it was as Shonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916541656815041599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157999182569634922006-09-11T14:26:00.000-04:002006-09-11T14:26:00.000-04:00Well, first let me say I really enjoy your blog. I...Well, first let me say I really enjoy your blog. I stumbled across a few days ago and have been reading it ever since. <BR/><BR/>This was an excellent post. Being so close to what happened on 9/11 must have been terrifying. Living on the West Coast I could only watch and listen and grieve from a far. Thank you for sharing your experience. <BR/><BR/>I also appreciate reading about your life after Annalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04610784281779911820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157998676605301732006-09-11T14:17:00.000-04:002006-09-11T14:17:00.000-04:00That was a pretty great post, Jefferson. It gave m...That was a pretty great post, Jefferson. It gave me a little insight into what it was like for someone who lived there.Nix Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11892396251018846640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157995858726938842006-09-11T13:30:00.000-04:002006-09-11T13:30:00.000-04:00Thank you for sharing that experience with me and ...Thank you for sharing that experience with me and all your other readers. It will be a day that none of us will ever forget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9353488.post-1157995642224991532006-09-11T13:27:00.000-04:002006-09-11T13:27:00.000-04:00I was a sophomore in high school and was sitting i...I was a sophomore in high school and was sitting in 2nd period history class and it was the very end and we were all just waiting for the bell to ring when another history teacher came into the room to turn the TV on and was saying how planes flew into the world trade center.<BR/><BR/>That was all the information I had for the whole day as my school chose to not let us watch the news because theyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com