I chose not to go down to the local service commemorating 9/11, mostly due to the fact that I knew I wouldn't be able to handle it alone & maintain any semblance of composure, certainly not enough to get me safely home again. Instead I find myself drawn into the television coverage (all over again) bawling into my bowl of heated up left-overs...
there's more where that came from...
Inside Edition has some amazing stuff as they were there, at the forefront, as each tower collapsed and even police & firefighters were filled with fear!
Loved ones' final messages (voicemail in the midst of mass chaos & confusion,) a mother's flight by [bare] foot, a newscaster crying on her producer's shoulder, firefighters being carried away by their fellow men, a business man covered in ash apparentally disoriented, the visual of everything going completely black as a cameraman is running & filming... stating he wanted to simply lie down as he couldn't even breathe. I'm speechless!
...enough already!


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manky @ 19:19:26

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Today is a day to look back, reflect... rejoice in the freedom we have, rejoice in the freedom we defend... and remember we are not invincible, remember there are many who suffer[ed].
there's more where that came from...
everything still seems so vivid to me!
Saturday night we each shared our experiences (Jonathan, Beth, & then myself) on the drive home... varied, seperate, yet the same in severity & seriousness.
I'll never forget.
[I thought it was over., originally uploaded by *Hiro.]
...enough already!


scribbled by
manky @ 0:41:32

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