3rd anniversary of 9/11 - Beyond Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1197	D donhonyc Posted posted on Sat, Sep 11, 2004 11:28 PM I was here in Manhattan the day of the attacks. I hope nothing like it ever happens again. Ground zero is a little under 3 miles from here. That day it seemed like it was three feet away. Over the last day or two the footage of the towers falling has been played over and over. I think the memory of the people that were lost that day should always be honored, but in all honesty, I don't need to see that footage ever again. Aside from the fact that it is incredibly depressing to watch, it makes me very, very angry. The day the towers came down was scary enough. In some ways what was even scarier was living in a city under siege in the days and weeks that followed. Huge sections of town, including my neighborhood were closed off to any kind of traffic with the exception of authorized vehicles. Phone lines were shut down. Ocasionally you could reach somebody by cell phone. Fighter jets were constantly circling over Manhattan. Military vehicles were everywhere. Constant sirens filling the air. And the burning smell lasted for about a month. And by the way, as much as the media wanted to squeeze the dramatic value of the smoldering fire by saying it was 'the smell of death', it wasn't that way. And broadcasting it in that context didn't help the situation. I was really offended by that. It smelled like a utility fire, not a funeral pyre, but that 's beside the point. It was very sad and scary around here. If I have seen anything in my life that has been truly 'mind boggling' it's what I saw and felt that day. It was just too much for your mind to comprehend. It was the day Godzilla came to town. A friggin' monster movie come to life. That may seem like a strange analogy, but It seems more bearbable to think about it like that The positive side is that at this point it seems people have done their best to move on and return to some sort of normalcy, and it's working. Rise above. Tonight when I was walking home I could see the memorial beam of light stretching into the sky from ground zero. Somehow I felt better loooking at it. It seemed as if one had a visual on the path all those people who were victims took to some infinite place in the sky. Then I just thought for a second....why did this ridiculously wasteful event ever have to happen? why? [ Edited by: donhonyc on 2004-09-11 23:57 ]

I was here in Manhattan the day of the attacks. I hope nothing like it ever happens again. Ground zero is a little under 3 miles from here. That day it seemed like it was three feet away. Over the last day or two the footage of the towers falling has been played over and over. I think the memory of the people that were lost that day should always be honored, but in all honesty, I don't need to see that footage ever again. Aside from the fact that it is incredibly depressing to watch, it makes me very, very angry.

The day the towers came down was scary enough. In some ways what was even scarier was living in a city under siege in the days and weeks that followed. Huge sections of town, including my neighborhood were closed off to any kind of traffic with the exception of authorized vehicles. Phone lines were shut down. Ocasionally you could reach somebody by cell phone. Fighter jets were constantly circling over Manhattan. Military vehicles were everywhere. Constant sirens filling the air. And the burning smell lasted for about a month. And by the way, as much as the media wanted to squeeze the dramatic value of the smoldering fire by saying it was 'the smell of death', it wasn't that way. And broadcasting it in that context didn't help the situation. I was really offended by that. It smelled like a utility fire, not a funeral pyre, but that 's beside the point. It was very sad and scary around here. If I have seen anything in my life that has been truly 'mind boggling' it's what I saw and felt that day. It was just too much for your mind to comprehend. It was the day Godzilla came to town. A friggin' monster movie come to life. That may seem like a strange analogy, but It seems more bearbable to think about it like that

The positive side is that at this point it seems people have done their best to move on and return to some sort of normalcy, and it's working. Rise above.

Tonight when I was walking home I could see the memorial beam of light stretching into the sky from ground zero. Somehow I felt better loooking at it. It seemed as if one had a visual on the path all those people who were victims took to some infinite place in the sky. Then I just thought for a second....why did this ridiculously wasteful event ever have to happen? why?

[ Edited by: donhonyc on 2004-09-11 23:57 ]

Post #113984 by donhonyc on Sat, Sep 11, 2004 11:28 PM