Re: US Nightmare

[Guest guest]

We are having a service in our church tomorrow night, to pray for all

the victims. We will certainly go. Jessie

[Guest guest]

We are having a service in our church tomorrow night, to pray for all

the victims. We will certainly go. Jessie

[Guest guest]

So glad to see your email addy show up on my screen!! I'm glad you and your

family are ok and accounted for. My brother was to fly to NYC on Thurs. for

his wife's sister's wedding. Even back here in WV.....much to close to

home!!!!

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> From: linman42@...

> cindysue@...;

> Subject: Re: US Nightmare

> Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 3:56 PM

>

> Hi,

> I am in the home front. We heard a loud explosion just before 9. Then

right

> after that, a collegue came to tell us what happened. She said that the

> World Trade Center was bombed and my class was very upset. We can see

the

> World trade Center from our window at work and I saw a hole in the world

> trade center with a cloud of smoke over the city.

>

> A few minutes later, another explosion and then the world trade center

was

> gone!!!!!

>

> News was filtering in and when we heard about the pentagon, it was very

> scarry. No one panicked at work and we contained the children well. We

> couldnt contact people by phone and many of my collegues brothers and

> husbands are firefighters and all were on the sceen. Parents came to

take

> children home and it was awful. The smoke in the street in Brooklyn was

so

> thick we could barely breathe.

>

> Ralph left work early and went to pick up both kids at school. All my

> immediate loved ones are safe, but many, many, many people that we all

know

> work in that area and we are still waiting to hear from them.

>

> I feel as if we are in a dazed dream and we are very very scared here.

This

> is way too close to home.

>

>

>

>

> Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for

messages to go to the sender of the message.

>

>

[Guest guest]

In KC people lined up for blocks to give blood and they accepted about

twice as much as in a usual day, but asked people to wait a few days because

they don't have any way to transport blood yet and don't know now much will

be needed. They would rather we wait a bit and not everyone at once.

We have even been thinking of my ex son-in-law, who is a flight

inspector for the FAA and could be flying anywhere.

Jessie

[Guest guest]

So glad to see your email addy show up on my screen!! I'm glad you and your

family are ok and accounted for. My brother was to fly to NYC on Thurs. for

his wife's sister's wedding. Even back here in WV.....much to close to

home!!!!

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> From: linman42@...

> cindysue@...;

> Subject: Re: US Nightmare

> Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 3:56 PM

>

> Hi,

> I am in the home front. We heard a loud explosion just before 9. Then

right

> after that, a collegue came to tell us what happened. She said that the

> World Trade Center was bombed and my class was very upset. We can see

the

> World trade Center from our window at work and I saw a hole in the world

> trade center with a cloud of smoke over the city.

>

> A few minutes later, another explosion and then the world trade center

was

> gone!!!!!

>

> News was filtering in and when we heard about the pentagon, it was very

> scarry. No one panicked at work and we contained the children well. We

> couldnt contact people by phone and many of my collegues brothers and

> husbands are firefighters and all were on the sceen. Parents came to

take

> children home and it was awful. The smoke in the street in Brooklyn was

so

> thick we could barely breathe.

>

> Ralph left work early and went to pick up both kids at school. All my

> immediate loved ones are safe, but many, many, many people that we all

know

> work in that area and we are still waiting to hear from them.

>

> I feel as if we are in a dazed dream and we are very very scared here.

This

> is way too close to home.

>

>

>

>

> Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for

messages to go to the sender of the message.

>

>

[Guest guest]

In KC people lined up for blocks to give blood and they accepted about

twice as much as in a usual day, but asked people to wait a few days because

they don't have any way to transport blood yet and don't know now much will

be needed. They would rather we wait a bit and not everyone at once.

We have even been thinking of my ex son-in-law, who is a flight

inspector for the FAA and could be flying anywhere.

Jessie

[Guest guest]

Reports are that several ships are moving up the coast to protect DC and

NY--others out to sea. Corey told me that a college in the Norfolk area

is evacuating--gave her your tele and address, Cheryl, hope that's ok,

she has a couple others too in case there such an action at her school.

Ralph is just now leaving DC--the roads are finally clearing. But he

has to go in again tomorrow. : ( One of the men who rides his van

called me to say he (the man) was ok--he was working in an office near

where the plane crashed, said it knocked him out of his chair and when

he got out, he hitched to Mclean and rented a car. He sounded shaken.

Horrible as it all is, I also think we should take a deep breath and

remember that the point of terror like this is to create panic and

turmoil and try not to cave in to that.

Glad so many have reported in safe. Stay safe.

Judi

Re: US Nightmare

In a message dated 9/11/2001 5:20:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

blat@...

writes:

>

> Cheryl, are they really sending out the entire Atlantic Fleet?

I don't know if they are moving out the entire fleet but ships are

definitely leaving port. We had moms and dad in the military going to

school

to tell their kids goodbye as they were being immediately deployed. I

heard

one carrier is on it's way to NY and other ships do not know where they

are

going ( they tell the public the wrong area ... security reasons!) We

have certain tunnels closed to traffic to protect the ports, guards are

at

the base entrances with weapons drawn .... it is eerie to see this in

real

life ... what we would normally think of as only a movie.

I am waiting for my husband to get home before I breathe easy and we are

all

home together. He is still at one of our local ports, trying to secure

everything there. He is worried we will have another wave of terrorism

from

another source. WHere he works we have ships from all over the world

come to

port, right past our Navy base. They unload containers and trucks then

take

them out on the roads. He thinks it would be very easy to have

containers

full of explosives shipped from overseas, picked up on port and

transported

to a target!

Cheryl in VA

[Guest guest]

Reports are that several ships are moving up the coast to protect DC and

NY--others out to sea. Corey told me that a college in the Norfolk area

is evacuating--gave her your tele and address, Cheryl, hope that's ok,

she has a couple others too in case there such an action at her school.

Ralph is just now leaving DC--the roads are finally clearing. But he

has to go in again tomorrow. : ( One of the men who rides his van

called me to say he (the man) was ok--he was working in an office near

where the plane crashed, said it knocked him out of his chair and when

he got out, he hitched to Mclean and rented a car. He sounded shaken.

Horrible as it all is, I also think we should take a deep breath and

remember that the point of terror like this is to create panic and

turmoil and try not to cave in to that.

Glad so many have reported in safe. Stay safe.

Judi

Re: US Nightmare

In a message dated 9/11/2001 5:20:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

blat@...

writes:

>

> Cheryl, are they really sending out the entire Atlantic Fleet?

I don't know if they are moving out the entire fleet but ships are

definitely leaving port. We had moms and dad in the military going to

school

to tell their kids goodbye as they were being immediately deployed. I

heard

one carrier is on it's way to NY and other ships do not know where they

are

going ( they tell the public the wrong area ... security reasons!) We

have certain tunnels closed to traffic to protect the ports, guards are

at

the base entrances with weapons drawn .... it is eerie to see this in

real

life ... what we would normally think of as only a movie.

I am waiting for my husband to get home before I breathe easy and we are

all

home together. He is still at one of our local ports, trying to secure

everything there. He is worried we will have another wave of terrorism

from

another source. WHere he works we have ships from all over the world

come to

port, right past our Navy base. They unload containers and trucks then

take

them out on the roads. He thinks it would be very easy to have

containers

full of explosives shipped from overseas, picked up on port and

transported

to a target!

Cheryl in VA

[Guest guest]

Our prayers and thoughts are with all those people who have died, or who have

lost loved ones in this horror. Tony and I were watching " The West Wing " on tv

last night and the news broke into the program - took us a little while to

figure out that it was REAL! The first plane must have hit at about 11.00pm our

time and we watched the live pictures from CNN until after 2am.

This has affected not only all of you in America, but many many people around

the world. Please know that millions of people are thinking of you - my

children's school included all of those injured, killed, and affected in our

morning prayers this morning.

With regards

, , , , and (Sydney, Australia)

tonjen@...

[Guest guest]

Our prayers and thoughts are with all those people who have died, or who have

lost loved ones in this horror. Tony and I were watching " The West Wing " on tv

last night and the news broke into the program - took us a little while to

figure out that it was REAL! The first plane must have hit at about 11.00pm our

time and we watched the live pictures from CNN until after 2am.

This has affected not only all of you in America, but many many people around

the world. Please know that millions of people are thinking of you - my

children's school included all of those injured, killed, and affected in our

morning prayers this morning.

With regards

, , , , and (Sydney, Australia)

tonjen@...

[Guest guest]

In the meantime...Psalm 91.

Karla in Texas

JB66111@... wrote:

> We are having a service in our church tomorrow night, to pray for all

> the victims. We will certainly go. Jessie

[Guest guest]

In the meantime...Psalm 91.

Karla in Texas

JB66111@... wrote:

> We are having a service in our church tomorrow night, to pray for all

> the victims. We will certainly go. Jessie

[Guest guest]

I just heard it was a crash near Pittsburgh. My son and his dad are just

outside of Pittsburgh at an Air Traffice Controller College. I was

wondering if anyone knew the time that crash occured. thank you

Gail in Cleveland

<<We've heard a rumor that a site in PA was targeted and the news will not

release where or what .... anybody heard that?

Cheryl in VA .. right now in NORFOLK, home to the Atlantic Fleet!!>>

[Guest guest]

I just heard it was a crash near Pittsburgh. My son and his dad are just

outside of Pittsburgh at an Air Traffice Controller College. I was

wondering if anyone knew the time that crash occured. thank you

Gail in Cleveland

<<We've heard a rumor that a site in PA was targeted and the news will not

release where or what .... anybody heard that?

Cheryl in VA .. right now in NORFOLK, home to the Atlantic Fleet!!>>

[Guest guest]

Oh ,

I can hardly imagine being you and hearing and seeing this! I felt panic

when I saw the second plane fly into the WTC and then I heard an airplane in

the air here. The smoke has to be awful. I am so glad you and your family

are all okay.

Gail

[Guest guest]

Oh ,

I can hardly imagine being you and hearing and seeing this! I felt panic

when I saw the second plane fly into the WTC and then I heard an airplane in

the air here. The smoke has to be awful. I am so glad you and your family

are all okay.

Gail

[Guest guest]

those slimeballs that did this need a PERMANENT TIMEOUT!!!

[Guest guest]

those slimeballs that did this need a PERMANENT TIMEOUT!!!

[Guest guest]

I took our 8th grader to our church yesterday for her confirmation

interview. (She was hoping it would be canceled, like everything else.)

They had fliers announcing a special mass for victims tonight.

While there, I heard about a really close call at the Pentagon. The

husband of one of the secretaries works in the section of the Pentagon

that was hit, in the ring next to the outermost one. She was hysterical

until he called to say he had been in a different part of the Pentagon

at the time. His office was destroyed. Not only was he upset about his

coworkers, but he was angry that it was going to cost $200 to replace

the keys to his new car! So much for our local businesses pitching in to

help victims!

I haven't heard anything yet about anyone else who was directly

affected but am really concerned that there will be a casualty in one or

more of our students' families, especially the girl whose dad was at the

WTC and whose mom works at the Pentagon!

Danny understands very little of what has happened but did comment

that someone needs some " time out " !

Bev, 25 miles from Washington

[Guest guest]

I took our 8th grader to our church yesterday for her confirmation

interview. (She was hoping it would be canceled, like everything else.)

They had fliers announcing a special mass for victims tonight.

While there, I heard about a really close call at the Pentagon. The

husband of one of the secretaries works in the section of the Pentagon

that was hit, in the ring next to the outermost one. She was hysterical

until he called to say he had been in a different part of the Pentagon

at the time. His office was destroyed. Not only was he upset about his

coworkers, but he was angry that it was going to cost $200 to replace

the keys to his new car! So much for our local businesses pitching in to

help victims!

I haven't heard anything yet about anyone else who was directly

affected but am really concerned that there will be a casualty in one or

more of our students' families, especially the girl whose dad was at the

WTC and whose mom works at the Pentagon!

Danny understands very little of what has happened but did comment

that someone needs some " time out " !

Bev, 25 miles from Washington

[Guest guest]

>>someone needs some " time out " ! <<

Wise observation. I think we could all use a time out to catch our

breath and just let it all sink in. I sent everyone to school today

with qualms--my HS son said he thought it was inappropriate to have

school. This is the kid who came home, watched the news for about a

half hour and then casually looked at me and asked, " Dad didn't have to

be the Pentagon today, did he? " Scary thing is that Ralph had a meeting

there in the morning, but ended up being reassigned. The teachers had

had the TV on all day, and Ian had been wondering all day. So much for

a show of wisdom there! Especially with all the military families

around here. Even tho' we were not directly effected and all the

reports from friends and co-workers have been good, some people are

unaccounted for, and I suspect the same is true for many other families

in this area.

Ralph put in a 12 hour day yesterday and headed north this am at 5:30--

to work in a section of the Pentagon. Should be very secure today, but

it sure makes me feel ansy.

Judi

Re: US Nightmare

I took our 8th grader to our church yesterday for her confirmation

interview. (She was hoping it would be canceled, like everything else.)

They had fliers announcing a special mass for victims tonight.

While there, I heard about a really close call at the Pentagon. The

husband of one of the secretaries works in the section of the Pentagon

that was hit, in the ring next to the outermost one. She was hysterical

until he called to say he had been in a different part of the Pentagon

at the time. His office was destroyed. Not only was he upset about his

coworkers, but he was angry that it was going to cost $200 to replace

the keys to his new car! So much for our local businesses pitching in to

help victims!

I haven't heard anything yet about anyone else who was directly

affected but am really concerned that there will be a casualty in one or

more of our students' families, especially the girl whose dad was at the

WTC and whose mom works at the Pentagon!

Danny understands very little of what has happened but did comment

that someone needs some " time out " !

Bev, 25 miles from Washington

Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for

messages to go to the sender of the message.

[Guest guest]

>>someone needs some " time out " ! <<

Wise observation. I think we could all use a time out to catch our

breath and just let it all sink in. I sent everyone to school today

with qualms--my HS son said he thought it was inappropriate to have

school. This is the kid who came home, watched the news for about a

half hour and then casually looked at me and asked, " Dad didn't have to

be the Pentagon today, did he? " Scary thing is that Ralph had a meeting

there in the morning, but ended up being reassigned. The teachers had

had the TV on all day, and Ian had been wondering all day. So much for

a show of wisdom there! Especially with all the military families

around here. Even tho' we were not directly effected and all the

reports from friends and co-workers have been good, some people are

unaccounted for, and I suspect the same is true for many other families

in this area.

Ralph put in a 12 hour day yesterday and headed north this am at 5:30--

to work in a section of the Pentagon. Should be very secure today, but

it sure makes me feel ansy.

Judi

Re: US Nightmare

I took our 8th grader to our church yesterday for her confirmation

interview. (She was hoping it would be canceled, like everything else.)

They had fliers announcing a special mass for victims tonight.

While there, I heard about a really close call at the Pentagon. The

husband of one of the secretaries works in the section of the Pentagon

that was hit, in the ring next to the outermost one. She was hysterical

until he called to say he had been in a different part of the Pentagon

at the time. His office was destroyed. Not only was he upset about his

coworkers, but he was angry that it was going to cost $200 to replace

the keys to his new car! So much for our local businesses pitching in to

help victims!

I haven't heard anything yet about anyone else who was directly

affected but am really concerned that there will be a casualty in one or

more of our students' families, especially the girl whose dad was at the

WTC and whose mom works at the Pentagon!

Danny understands very little of what has happened but did comment

that someone needs some " time out " !

Bev, 25 miles from Washington

Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for

messages to go to the sender of the message.

[Guest guest]

I think it's despicable how these lunatics were trained (to fly) right here in

America by Americans....I was sickened when I heard that this morning...

I also heard that in Pemberton (?) NJ some Muslims were celebrating! I say ship

them back to their homelands!

Di, mom to Jake(18,nda) and 4 (DS)

Pennsylvania

[Guest guest]

I think it's despicable how these lunatics were trained (to fly) right here in

America by Americans....I was sickened when I heard that this morning...

I also heard that in Pemberton (?) NJ some Muslims were celebrating! I say ship

them back to their homelands!

Di, mom to Jake(18,nda) and 4 (DS)

Pennsylvania

[Guest guest]

Our middle school actually did a pretty good job of handling

yesterday's events, a lot better than my daughter's middle school did.

's school announced what had happened, and her social studies

teacher (ex marine) said we'd " probably be at war tomorrow!'At least

they didn't watch TV!

At my school, the principal made announcements for teachers to check

email immediately three or four times. The first email gave a quick

summary of what was going on and told teachers not to turn on TVs. The

second suggested that, when asked, we tell students that we were waiting

for details and rather than give misinformation, we would wait. The last

was a plan to get students back to homeroom at the end of the day (We

stayed throughout the normal workday because parents were probably going

to be caught in traffic to get the facts.

The principal did a good job. He told the kids not to jump to any

conclusions, to go straight home and stay there, that parents might

arrive at home very late, and, if they were too upset to be alone, to

leave a note for parents before going to a trusted friend or relative's

home. BTW the principal had a relative working at WTC.

Now I'm getting anxious to do something. Believe it or not, it's not

that easy to donate my O negative blood here.

Bev

Ralph Lowenthal wrote:

>

The teachers had

> had the TV on all day, and Ian had been wondering all day. So much for

> a show of wisdom there!