It's been a long road, but you stuck with it!!
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Posted on 09/10/2008 6:01:23 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
Tx.....that tribute really should have radio airplay!
How long did it take you to make?
Outstanding.....
It was a little cooler today. Fall should be here to stay and we’ll be turning the AC soon, I hope.
As luck would have it, I had been halfway to the train station before I'd realized that I'd left my Walkman on the kitchen table, so I didn't bother going back for it. I figured I'd just get a newspaper. Besides, I didn't know how well I'd be able to pick up AM inside the building anyway.
I sat in a dark room watching a video on How to Be a Good Juror, oblivious to what was going on right across the river. We were told to relax in the room that they have and I looked out the window at the Marriot Hotel. Traffic on Adams St was snarled, not moving. Must've been an accident on the Brooklyn Bridge, I thought. (It was a block away.)
People were standing around outside the hotel. Must be waiting for a tour bus or something. What did I know.
Fire trucks and ambulances started flying by on the wrong side of Adams Street, which had no traffic. Okay, traffic doesn't come into Brooklyn much in the morning, but something was odd here. I had been facing 180 degrees from where I needed to be looking.
Finally, they had made an announcement. America was at war, under attack. The World Trade Center and the Pentagon had been destroyed. The were trying to get coverage on the TV sets in the jury rooms. I don't think they succeeded. Even if they wanted to, only CBS would be available because it still broadcast from the Empire State Building.
People were beside themselves, many broke down, everyone was rushing for the payphones. I met a woman who had been listening to her radio. She let me share her earbuds. She was shaken and needed a cigarette. I don't smoke, but I walked her to the smoking room. (There was one on the floor. Quite a few people were there.)
We were dismissed. Not much was going to get done in the Court building that week. Groups of people huddled outside with questions, comments, gossip and hearsay. Some of the lawyers said they saw it happen. What kind of plane was it?
Does anyone know if the trains are running? What about the buses? No trains. No LIRR. A few buses and they're all packed. It was time to start walking and no one wanted to walk alone. We walked in groups.
Dust was falling from the sky in downtown Brooklyn like a dirty snow that was covering the cars. Papers fell too. We started walking up Atlantic Avenue. People were wondering around with their cell phones out trying to get a signal. no luck.
We took a turn down Third Avenue. I needed to. I wanted to stop at my mother's house. It was a good resting point for me. The group I'd tagged along with decided to join me. One guy stopped in a hardware store for masks and passed them out.
When we passed Third St and reached the Gowanus Canal, we had our first real look. It was like a scene out of a bad movie. The skyline was there. But the Towers were missing. Just a terrible column of smoke and a cloud drifting our way.
We didn't stay long. We kept walking. I made it to my mother's house and said good-bye to the others. Some were walking all the way to Staten Island. One who had joined our group had walked over the Brooklyn Bridge -- after having walked down 50 floors of Tower 1. God was looking out for him.
I watched some of the coverage until the trains were running again. I took one that left me about a mile or so from my inlaws, the meeting place for the rest of the family. I stopped in at St. Athanasius on the way. I hadn't been there since a wedding about 15-20 years earlier. I stayed for a little while and walked the rest of the way.
Thankfully, my wife, who worked at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge on the Manhattan side had evacuated immediately before the trains had stopped running.
It's not a walk that I'll forget ever forget.
TS
Good on you hon.
Keep up the good work! :)
It's been a long road, but you stuck with it!!
w h!!
One of our darkest days, tx. You saw it through a soldier’s eyes, thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions.
And thank you for serving our Country tx, and to all our Troops, THANK YOU and God Bless America!
Happy 5th anniversary you two & wishing you a lifetime of love & happiness! *Hugs*
I started two weeks prior to the first anniversiary of 9/11.
Cried through the whole process.
If Luv W can remember to call Mike and Dana at Kicks 99 tomorrow...they will play it.
They have a copy.
Breathing room is good....but so gratfull your business is good! (Lucy needs kibbles dontcha know):)
Strychnine?????
LOL....I just might need some clarification regarding that post!!!
Thank you for your service Tx.....we can rest at night because of those like you.
lauren...((HUGS))...are you catching up before the next round starts? How is your holly doing? Hearing rumblings about Ike?
Thank you, Russ.
Evening.
Thanks you two.
I just figure it’s the least I can do for the privilege of living in this great country.
Evening Kathy, Hugs.
Evening QT pi.
Evening Meeky, Hugs.
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