We knew both of these beautiful, classy women. One had been my wife's boss years ago, and the other was a close family friend.

I'm wondering how many other Freepers were personally touched by this outrage. Sad to say, but I suspect a lot of us were and just don't know it yet. We didn't find out about these two vivacious ladies -- and that poor little child -- until my mother-in-law read it in this morning's Boston Globe and called us.

I can't bear to think of them suffering and dying in this inhuman way.

God rest their souls. God help us all.

My mother was on holiday in New York when this occured. I had a frantic time trying to get a hold of her - the phones simply would not work. She finally managed to get through to me via e-mail and told me she was all right.

Regards, Ivan

I'm not sure whether all our Fellow Freepers know that Barbara Olsen, author of Hell to Pay and wife of Ted Olsen died in the flight from Boston to L.A. It's a sad day in history. We also heard of a plane crash in Dayton, Ohio that happened yesterday, 9-11, at 6:30 p.m. which was one of the planes unaccounted for. However, the news is keeping this crash very hush hush. Has any Freeper in Ohio got any further information for us? God Speed, my friends.

My next door neighbor (and I mean right next door) worked on the 100th floor and is unaccounted for. By this time he is probably dead. Has three children including a 3 year old daughter that my daughter plays with.

A pilot of the plane that went into the south tower lived right down the street.

I am praying for the many I know who work in the Pentagon.

There are over 200 firemen dead, 100 policemen dead and estimates of at least 5000 office workers dead...

The world has not seen an angry America for 60 years. We are a very peaceful and charitable people. Now the world will see an angry America. There will be dark days ahead and war is coming...

2banana

PS. We went to church last night. It was very crowded. Many loses in our town...

My grandson was in school yesterday as his fellow classmate learned his Father was killed,my daughters best friends cousin is missing and her parents left to go try to find him.Pilot Victor Saracini,who piloted 2nd Boeing 767 that was hijacked and flown into the south tower of the World Trade Center was local.

Friend of a friend was on the first plane that hit the WTC. She was coming home from a funeral with her husband.

I live in Dayton and I did hear a couple loud bangs last evening. I thought my husband had blow up the gas grill. It is reported (on the internet) to have been a sonic boom but curiously enough NOTHING was in the newspaper about it. I cannot imagine it happened without a peep out of anyone around here. Libby

A friend from school was scheduled to work at Morgan Stanley in NYC for a year starting in August. I still don't know what's become of him.

I can confirm (through official sources on the base) that those were just booms - not to worry.

I lost three friends yesterday. Two of them worked in One World Trade, and were probably killed within minutes of the initial impact. The other worked in Two World Trade, and couldn't evacuate the building before it collapsed.

All day yesterday, my home was filled with shrieking, weeping women. Women who didn't know whether their husbands and sons would ever come home. Women who were so rent with terror and grief that they couldn't speak coherently. Women so devastated by the events that they couldn't even pray.

I sit here holding a letter that arrived in yesterday's mail. It's from a company I very much wanted to work for, that resided in One World Trade. They offered me a job in senior management and suggested a start date of October 1.

Yasser Arafat proclaimed himself "completely shocked" by the attack. He must die.

The Taliban hegemons of Afghanistan decreed that their client Osama bin Laden could not possibly have orchestrated the deed, and in any case is no longer in Afghanistan. They must die.

Palestinians celebrated the terrorist strike along the whole length of the West Bank yesterday. Merchants threw candy and pastries to passers-by. Militiamen fired their rifles into the air to express their glee. They must die.

An Iraqi national interviewed on camera smilingly pronounced that America had reaped what she deserved, and wished it could have been worse. He must die.

May their streets run red with their blood. May the wails of their widows and orphans challenge the dome of the sky and shake the walls of heaven. May their gutter language and their barbarous culture be erased from the planet by the righteous wrath of Americans in arms. May even God turn His face away from them. May their names be remembered only in Hell.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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Too close for my comfort. My brother in law is a venture capitalist with an office in Manhattan's financial district. I'm thanking God that his office happens to be about a dozen blocks north of where the WTC...used to be. I wonder when the absurdity of that phrase will feel like reality: where the World Trade Center used to be.

I'm in Columbus Ohio and I am hearing the same thing about the plane in Dayton. A Sonic Boom. When we lost Barbara Olsen I took it personally. I feel like I know her. At my son's High School, yesterday the school escorted and released all Palastinian kids early from school. My daughter works with a woman who has a brother (a civilian there for a meeting) at the Pentagon, could not reach him as of yesterday and a classmate at my son's high school had a grandmother on one of the planes that crashed into the WTC.

I'm in Columbus Ohio and I am hearing the same thing about the plane in Dayton. A Sonic Boom. When we lost Barbara Olsen I took it personally. I feel like I know her. At my son's High School, yesterday the school escorted and released all Palastinian kids early from school. My daughter works with a woman who has a brother (a civilian there for a meeting) at the Pentagon, could not reach him as of yesterday and a classmate at my son's high school had a grandmother on one of the planes that crashed into the WTC. NOTE: The President is to address the Nation at 10:45 am E.T.

My boss and I know someone who is missing (I won't give out names). We identified a company we work who has offices in the WTC. I called the company's hotline which they gave out on their Web page. One guy we know is okay; he didn't make it to work that day. The second man, a Senior Vice President with the firm, has not been heard from.

Luckily we work in midtown, and are unharmed, but everyone is shook up.

No personal connections. My heart is crying for all who do.

I just saw a partial casualty list that included David Angell, the producer of "Frazier", and his wife.

Also Berry Berenson, the beautiful sister of the actress Marisa Berenson. Berry Berenson was married to Tony Perkins, and had several children.

Sorry for the double post

Last night at prayer service, I learned that 11 men from my church, the fathers of 17 children, are unaccounted for and are presumed dead. I knew 3 of them pretty well, serving on committees and going on retreats together.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am having a very difficult time praying in a manner that would be considered "loving my enemies". I'm more in a "heap burning coals on their heads" kind of mood.

My cousin is a senior executive with Morgan Stanley. We family members have had no contact from him. Your prayers for his safe deliverance are solicited. Thanks, friends. Ax.

From the Dayton Daily News:
There was a scare late Tuesday afternoon when two thunderous booms rocked the Dayton area and televised news reports erroneously suggested that the Dayton VA Center may have been hit by a terrorist attack. Air Force fighter jets were spotted in the skies around that time, and Wright-Patterson officials said they were investigating whether military aircraft caused sonic booms.
www.activedayton.com

My Prayers are with you and your friends.

My cousin was working on the 103rd floor of the second tower when the first plane hit. His office immediately started to evacuate. My mother said a bunch of his fellow workers stopped at an observation deck around the 80th floor to look at the first plane, not knowing it was a terrorist act. My cousin opted to get the hell out of there. The second plane hit the area of the observation deck immediately after that. He lost many co-workers who had stopped. We have not been able to contact him, but a very thoughtful friend called us here in Baltimore and let us know that he got out and was OK. I'm still shaking as I'm writing this.

My prayers are with all the helpless victims and their families. Prayers for all FReepers who have been affected by this horrible atrocity.

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