It is so wonderful to have this site. When I heard the news, my first thought was to jump on the internet to check the big news sites. I could not get in. My next thought was 3FC, I feel safe here.
In a time of global emotion, it is great to be able to connect with friends.
I agree with Jenny. On this horrible, tragic day it is good to have a place where you know you have friends and feel safe. My heart goes out to people who were injured or killed today and their families. I am also in mourning for the nation's general trust and sense of security. I have found myself being afraid and shaky today, jumping at the sound of every car that goes by. I'm sure everyone is feeling violated and scared, even if they live thousands of miles from New York. I think it's important though, that we maintain our trust and belief that most people are good and not let this event, or other terrorist acts in years past, take that belief from us. For me, if I lose that, they win.
Take care you all,
I hope everyone and their family comes through this okay.
Chickadee
My husband has to drive a coworker home to VA (please pray for them) He said they will drive way around DC so they "should" be ok My daughters are on there way home from school on the bus. I will not feel good till I have them in my arms!!
VERY scarey here in the DC area....EVERYthing is closed or closing...they just told us that if we don't HAVE to go anywhere that we should stay home. Planes are flying over I'm guessing from Andrews Air Force Base...I get a chill up my spine and a knot in my gut every time I hear one.
I pray for the poor poor families of the people killed. My husband was suppose to fly to CA tomorrow for business...that was WAY to close for comfort for me
I keep watching the World Trade Center crashing to the ground and I cannot believe it. I do not think the enormity of this whole thing has set in yet, everyone is in shock.
Pray for all those who have suffered because of this.
Keep a good thought for my brother who is a Navy pilot.
I was so worried about you guys. all i could think of was to get to the puter and findout if my friends are OK. especially jiff and peach who i know live in NJ (and may have been traveling in NY!) I did not give a thought to my brother who workd in NY. I found out today that he is or was doing work on the Marriott which is inbetween the towers..... but today he had a doc appt and did not go!! OMG HOW CLOSE IS THAT!!!!!!! he is ok but i guess he will not be getting paid for the work. I know that it is no joking matter but i need to find some humor in small things today, and i guess i among many did not eat OP today. I was to shocked.
I'm so sad and scared for everyone who doesn't have a family member coming home this evening. We watched the news all day at work and most of us were paralyzed with dread. Thank God my daughter is too young to understand. How do you explain this evil to a child? My prayers are with all of you, especially the ones we haven't heard from yet. God bless.
What a terrible, terrible event. Even here in western Canada we could feel the shock waves and most of us have had the news on all day, each revelation more terrifying than the last. Our airports are closed and it seems so strange not to hear the big planes flying into and out of Vancouver Int. Airport.
My heart goes out to those who still don't know whether their loved ones live or not and to the families who will be without a mother, a father, or other family member or a dear friend. This is a tragedy with far-reaching impact. I hope this is the end of it but I fear it is not.
I am feeling so sad today about what happened. I feel like crying when I read all the letters. It makes me very scared that things like that can happened today.
Here in South Africa everyone is shocked and horrified at the things that we saw on the television.
My heart goes out to people who were injured or killed and their families.
I could not agree more with what Chikadee said:
“I think it's important though, that we maintain our trust and belief that most people are good and not let this event, or other terrorist acts in years past, take that belief from us. For me, if I lose that, they win.”
Just know that all over the world there are people thinking and prying for you all, even here in South Africa.
I am OK, my family are OK, but it is horrible here.
Some of you know that I work in a NYC hospital. It is unbelievable here, many people could see the towers from the office windows, and saw the second plane hit, and saw the towers fall. It was shocking. It is still shocking.
We are just beginning to get the stories of Moms and Dads and kids that did not come home Tues nite, and are missing. We all know police and firefighters, and are so sad over the number lost.
As medical staff, we all were on Emergency Disaster Code yesterday and last night, waiting for victims. My hospital was a designated recieving hospital for victims. The saddest thing was all the doctors and nurses and the rest of us waiting and no patients. There will not be many survivors. That is clear now.
I counseled many people that got out of the buildings before they collapsed, and ran thru the streets. Many people ran over the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges over to Brooklyn. They got rides and came to their neighborhood hospitals covered with dust and smoke, some with trample injuries, but all lucky to have gotten out in time. They all had stories of seeing people jumping out of the windows.
I was at the hospital til midnight, and then came home and went back this morning. But it is pretty clear that there will not be many surviving, and the rescue and debris removal is dangerous and difficult. This will take weeks and months.
I haven't read other threads yet, but will tomorrow or Friday.
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I just wanted my friends to know that me and mine are unhurt and we are just in the same shock and numbness that the rest of the world is. It is incomprehensible how huge this is here. The part of the city that is shut down is enormous, the size of a whole city itself! Blocks and blocks have no transportation, water, electric, mail, etc. People can't go to their apartments. People can't find their friends and coworkers and family. People's whole lives are changed for ever. It is just bigger than I can grasp.
So, I will check in again in a day or so, for now it is time to get some sleep, but tomorrow, just the erie quiet at work, the emptiness and frustration of helping personnel that want to do their jobs, and can't.
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My daughters are on there way home from school on the bus. I will not feel good till I have them in my arms!!
Planes are flying over I'm guessing from Andrews Air Force Base...I get a chill up my spine and a knot in my gut every time I hear one. 
