How are you affected by the "attacks"

[guyver01]

I haven't seen a thread like this yet.. so..


How are you affected by the terrorist attacks?
It is said, at least in NYC, that EVERYONE is impacted in one way or another. someone knows SOMEONE who knows someone that was in the building. Post here.... get it off your chest...

Well... i knew people who worked around there... didn't know anyone in the building...

at least that's what I thought. I just found out,.... a former co-worker and friend, worked on the 106th floor. He is most likely gone ... and I am so saddened... i feel like crying.

 

[Locutus of Board]

Here man.....

The worst for me for some reason that numbs me is the 3 separate accounts from 3 people I know that don't know each other.... They were on the ground when the second plane hit. Just the description of pieces of people flying all over.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

i nearly posted this last night but decided not to. at about 5:00 am local time helicopters were flying over. i assume transport ships since we have tons of them at the depot here i couldnt get outside in time to see (they are usually the big ass chinook ch-47's (the guys with the blades at front and another set at back), they run exercises here all the time) what they were. my aunts brother was called into the pent. last night as well. he says he does accounting work for the army, but last time he was called away (haiti) no one could reach him at the pent. for weeks.

 

[gopunk]

well... aside from the feelings i have because of what happened... not much... don't know anybody who was involved, and as of yet, don't know anybody who knows anybody who was involved. i'm sure something will turn up though.

edit: oh yea, my best friend has a military family... her grandfather's a rear admiral, and she has tons of relatives in all branches of the military, even special forces like seals and green berets. i think there's at least one delta but you can never be too sure about those things, just by nature of it. so i guess they'll be going somewhere soon.

 

[NoreagaCNN]

I really didn't know anybody that worked at the WTC or around there but it has made a change anyway. For some odd reason these last 2 days I haven't been able 2 sleep much and i'm afraid that we get nuked or something in the night. I know i'm taking this 2 far but I feel that whoever did this can do much more worst sh*t than this and if they get the chance they will do it. I'm trying 2 live my life like this has never happened but it's hard, its really hard. I also keep thinking and wondering if this is the end or is this just the beginning? I hope it's the end of it all............ I have lived in NY since I was about 6, I came from the Dominican Republic. NY is a big part of me and everytime I look and wonder about the WTCs I still think it's a dream but it's not. This has made a change on me because I love NY and this bullsh*t was uncalled for, even though I didn't know anybody that worked there I still feel horrible. I'm not saying all this because I think it's what you guys want to hear, i'm saying the truth about the way I feel. I'll admit that i'm a badass and i'm not afraid of death. But for some reason this has scared me.

-Nore

 

[Isla]

Two years ago, my big sister, who is in the finance business with her husband, moved to NYC. He used to work in the Twin Towers and just recently moved to an office across the street.

They just bought a house in Long Island and my 70 year old dad just went up there to help make little repairs, etc.

Just a few weeks ago, my oldest daughter and neice went to visit... the WTC was a big part of what they saw, since it is where their uncle is every day.

When I knew my big sister was moving to NYC, I got a little upset. I was afraid something bad was on the way... what, I had NO idea and I wrote it off to my tendency to worry.

However, I did make a point to let my sister know just how much she means to me, and since they moved I have been much more quick to express love and affection to her.

So, I am not sure exactly how I feel about this... I just want my beautiful, intelligent big sister back.... but even where I live isn't safe... ever hear of MacDill Airforce Base?


Let your loved ones know how much you love them. That's all I have to say (and that includes you, R.G.M)

 

[spanky]

well...please try not to think about this a only how "I am" or "you are" affected by this attack, but try to feel for all the people/civilians who were cheated of their lives. it really makes my heart weakened and numb thinking about this.

 

[sparkle]

While attempting to deal with my own personal distress last night, I sat on my porch. I reflected on the day's tragedy and actually cried. Now I am not usually the type of person who gets bothered by this sort of thing, but I think the accounts of the people in the planes/buildings calling thier loved ones knowing they were going to die really got to me.

The woman I loved recently decided she was no longer in love with me recently. And I thought about if I were in the same situation, I would have no one to call.

This has really made me appreciate the life I have.

 

[shifrbv]

For me, I feel like it's a turning point - a precipice in history. I've never been exposed to anything that has personally made me fear for my safety and for the safety of those in my family before. All the turmoil of the 60's and 70's, I was too young to understand. Desert Storm was about some people I hadn't even heard of before in a far away land. It mostly went by as a blur. Even the Oklahoma bombing pretty much escaped me. But this is different. My brother-in-law was nearby on Wall Street. My spouse was ordered home from Fort Harrison (the 2nd largest defense building in the US - their finance center).

I find myself somewhat afraid. I woke up this morning remembering when I saw the 2nd plane crash into the south tower on live TV. How everyone was helpless and could do nothing but watch. Wondering how it could happen so quickly and be so effective. Then I found myself ashamed as I saw reports of those couple of album covers released, reports of arabs being beaten and property damaged, gas station price gougers.

Then after watching all the events unfold on the TV for the last couple of days and reading all the barrage of media reports and posts on the internet, I finanlly broke down tonight and just let it all come out - the grief, despair, sorrow, and frustration.

My spouse has seen far worse and lived to tell of it (lived through Chernobyl, held up at gunpoint by hijackers on the way to the airport in Moscow, almost didn't make it out of the country before the economic crash). By those standards, I realize that my life has been blessed. But to tell the truth, from this point on, I am no longer sure.

 

[Rainsford]

On Tuesday afternoon I experienced a horrible feeling of helplessness and rage that I wouldn't have thought possible the day before. I was in class watching to coverage on TV when a girl that I'd been becoming friends with got a call on her cell phone. I saw her listen for a few seconds and then she just collapsed to the floor with a scream of "NO". Her mother had been in one of the towers when it collapsed. Our professor tried to talk to her, to ask her if she wanted to go lie down in the building's office, but she didn't seem to hear. I picked her up and carried her to the office and put her down on the couch. After watching her cry herself to sleep I slowly walked back to class. While I was trying to calm her down I didn't have time to think about my own feelings, but after I left her, I felt this incredibly powerfull feeling well up within me. I can honestly say that I didn't think I have ever felt so helpless, or been so angry. That someone would care so little that they would cause someone's life to be shattered like this seemed impossible. In that moment I grew up more than I have in the past 18 years. I have learned something about the world these past few days. Something horrible. Something I wish I could forget.

 

[virtuamike]

Some really sad stories here, my heart goes out to you all. I'll share mine.

Just got a call from my mom. My aunt in Florida got married a couple months ago, her husbands family is in New York. Her husband's sister's son just graduated from college and was working in the WTC when the planes hit, he was on floor 105. They haven't been able to get a hold of him the last 2 days so they fear the worst. If I find out anything I'll give an update.