Posted by Elizabeth on September 12, 2001, at 4:23:12
In reply to Re: Bit more news...Elizabeth, Adam, posted by shelliR on September 11, 2001, at 22:23:50
> I'm glad you both were able to hear from your family, friends, etc. and that, at least on that front, all is well.
Still haven't heard from my cousins and uncle (DC), although my mother was trying to get in touch with them.
> I don't turn on radio, tv, anything noice of any sort in the morning, and caught the news on the way into D.C. to meet with my therapist. not anywhere near Capitol Hill.
I slept very soundly (thanks to Moban) and didn't hear it when the phone rang like 4 times in the morning. When I woke up, I checked the phone messages, and they were both from a friend of ours asking if I'd heard anything from my SO. I had no idea what she was talking about, so I called her and that's when I found out. I don't usually watch or listen to news.
> I witnessed the site of afternoon rush hour at about 10:00 am., and parents going to schools to pick children up (although the schools did not officially close because they didn't want to send some kids home to empty houses). Montgomery County Schools (where I imagine you attended, Elizabeth and where you worked, Adam), were closed two hours early.
Yup, I went to public school in Montgomery County through 2nd grade. (The schools in NC were comparatively bad, and they bumped me up to 4th grade after a month or so.)
People in Jersey (including my BF's ex-wife) were taking their kids out of school too. Chrissie says that classes at NYU are probably going to be cancelled as well. I'm not sure about here. It turns out that NJT is running, and my BF made it home safely from Metro Park station (he's snoozing soundly now; I'm still too wired to sleep).
> I did not get the feeling of chaos from being in Washington; much different scene than New York. I think the crash was not as damaging and the pentagon is away from the inner city.
That's true. The WTC was an incredibly crowded building in the middle of Manhattan, with other buildings surrounding it on all sides.
> Capitol Hill did close, because of course no one knew what might happen next.
I heard a rumor that the mall was destroyed. True? I spent a lot of time in that area as a child. Hard to believe that it might just be gone.
> No car bombing as far I I know. Mostly people felt and looked very sad, I think.
Yeah, I'm now hearing that the car bombing thing was probably just a rumor. (Being in Manhattan, Chrissie is probably hearing all sorts of wild rumors.)
I had guessed that the death toll might be as much as 100,000. It seems that it was more like 20,000, though. Anyone know? The footage I'm seeing on CNN looks like the people coming out of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- covered with soot and burns, some carrying the wounded, etc.
-elizabeth
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