[CH] Warning!!! OT/September 11

Karen Elizabeth Stober (kstober@skyweb.net)
Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:46:59 -0400 

As I watched the ceremony on TV, winds from Hurricane Gustav blew waves of 
dust across the former World Trade Center site.  Dust clouds, reminders of 
the fall of the Towers or, as one person said, the thousands no longer with 
us telling us they are with us today.

When the Pentagon service was broadcast about two hours ago, President Bush 
mentioned the people on the planes.  It was then I realized, especially 
since I live under the main arrival route for Newark Liberty Airport, no 
planes have flown over.  Nothing, not even military jets. Newark, where the 
flight that crashed in PA departed from, is almost shut down.  The other 
two major airports, La Guardia and Kennedy in NYC, are largely closed.  All 
the military jets are flying over NYC and Washington, DC.  The Vice 
President in the bunker because of the major terrorist threats received today.

At 11AM today it was eerily quiet, as it was exactly one year ago at this 
time when the FAA shut down all flights.  As it was a year ago, the birds 
sang and crickets chirped.  Any sirens sounded so eery.  NYC burned in a 
huge plume of smoke on the horizon.

It's now 1:30 and the planes have begun again.  With loud roars as they 
drop altitude, they bank around and descend into Newark.

I am attending the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Verdi's Requiem program at 
Liberty State Park in Jersey City tonight.  The park is directly across the 
river from Lower Manhatten.  I will see the lights come on in NYC during 
the show.  There will be many dignitaries present (in fact, even President 
Bush could show up) at tonights NJSO concert.  It will be beautiful.

I hope that there is a public competition for Memorial designs as there was 
with The Pentagon.  Many of us have ideas to share.

In the meantime, I share them with 
you.  "http://members.skyweb.~kstober/wtc.htm".  There are four very long 
pages.  And I have updates to add - from a friend in Jerusalem, Israel, who 
lost friends in suicide bombings and sometimes can't even go to work 
because he might get blown up, and a reader of the September 11 Photo 
Project from Edmonton, CA.

BTW, one good thing about being unemployed is that I no longer drive down 
Warrenville Hill everyday, staring at the skyline of NYC missing it's "two 
finger salute".

May all who are lost rest in peace and those that live, live each day as 
best they can.

Sincerely

Karen
kstober@skyweb.net
http://members.skyweb.net/~kstober/