[Silly]

I am calm, and have been calm, but I have been frantically trying to call my friends and relatives, many of whom have already left messages for me.

The lines are down. No long distance calls are possible. How can I tell people I am okay? I'm sure everyone must be very worried.

Now the stories start spreading around the office: Those poor people, how many of them got out of the towers? What about the people in buildings upon which the towers fell? What about the people in the streets? The news is giving us little news.

Many of the companies we work with are in the World Trade Center. Some of my corworkers have friends who work in and around that part of town.

Finally another friend at work reaches her boyfriend. He is safe. But he saw the plane crash into the building, and he watched people jump from windows, leaving bloody bodies everywhere. He will not forget this day. But we are glad for our friend that her boyfriend is safe.

This whole time, I have placed my thoughts with God. I realize how lucky I am that I am certain about my future with Him. I wonder what it must be like not knowing God, now believing in Him, or, worse, having hostile thoughts about God, America, the military and the evil in the world.

I am SO glad today I know Jesus Christ, and that my relatives do, do.

I finally reach Mother on the phone...

[ChaseR]

Has anyone heard from NYC GOP Chick?

[Nitro]

I am glad we have a fighter pilot in the White House, instead of a half-assed GI reporter, aren't you?

[newwahoo]

We were inhaling a lot of smoke and soot here in Brooklyn. Then I realized that there must be tiny pieces of dead americans in it.

We're at war

[Silly]

Mom is glad to hear from me sounding calm and like herself. I get a few phone numbers from her for my brothers and sisters (there are six of us kids, and I know they are all concerned for me).

After a few tears with Mom, and words of love, I start calling my siblings.

I reach my brother in Ohio; I get an email from my sister in San Antonio, Texas. My best friend in Minneapolis is glad to hear from me. This was all about 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Just now I finally get an email from my sister, who works in Washington, D.C. She's home, she's safe.

I've left messages for my two siblings in Minnesota and New York. I'm sure both have the messages by now, but I sure want to speak with them in person.

I've logged onto someone else's computer here, and it is good to have this outlet. I also knew people at FR who know me would be worried. I'm glad to see my friends here on-line.

[.30Carbine]

I am SO glad today I know Jesus Christ, and that my relatives do

I thank God in Christ you are safe in soul and in body, dear Silly.

WHERE ARE DUBYA AND HOBBES?!

[Ada Coddington]

The lines are down. No long distance calls are possible. How can I tell people I am okay? I'm sure everyone must be very worried.

I still can't get anyone on the phone although one person has gotten through to me. My neighbor is doing better and he received a call from my husband. Took a while to be able to access the Internet but once I got in, I e-mailed anyone who I thought might be interested.