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As I said in an earlier post my son also survived GZ. He got through to me on a still working pay phone (before the collapses ended service) and described what he was seeing, including the falling bodies.

There is a theory among firefighters that many of those unfortunates did not jump but were following a glimpse of light through their smoke-filled offices thinking it was a stairway light. They did not know that they were stepping into space and eternity.

SM....two things

Please do not use the phrase people shrapnel anymore.

We all react to sudden stress and danger differently. There is no "right" way. I do wonder though; after you got through taking your pictures what did you do to help, both on the 11th and in the days after?

That is really sad.

As I said in an earlier post my son also survived GZ. He got through to me on a still working pay phone (before the collapses ended service) and described what he was seeing, including the falling bodies.

I'm bad for taking pictures of the carnage, but it's ok for your son to give you the play by play on the payphone while everyone is scrambling for a way to contact loved ones and the phone lines are quickly filling up? There is a theory among firefighters that many of those unfortunates did not jump but were following a glimpse of light through their smoke-filled offices thinking it was a stairway light. They did not know that they were stepping into space and eternity.

If that makes you feel beter, more power to you. But, didn't you see those pictures of people jumping off holding hands, or all those people leaning out the windows looking down?

SM....two things

Please do not use the phrase people shrapnel anymore.

We all react to sudden stress and danger differently. There is no "right" way. I do wonder though; after you got through taking your pictures what did you do to help, both on the 11th and in the days after?

wtc...

Don't patronize me.
Be constructive - suggest another phrase that is less likely to offend you.
Sorry Dr. wtc911, but I did not take pictures because I was in shock. I took for the same reason I take any other picture; to record the image. You may want to forget, but I don't.
There is no right way? Something tells me you think there is, or you might not have mentioned it.
Actually, let me try playing psychologist for a while. You think you are more important than me because you are a native New Yorker, and I am from fly-over-territory; this tradegy is yours, not mine. No one has a bigger heart than you because you did S & R at ground zero.

The reality is that everybody in the world volunteered to help. Tons just sat around applauding you guys. Did that go to your head? Just because you got in and I didn't even though I could have housed and fed several people right there while helping out means nothing except that I could not even get into my own damn apartment while people who couldn't even find my apartment on a map were telling me to stay away. Although there were no survivors found in the ruble, I could tell you the layout of the entire basement right off the top of my head. I would have been more than happy to climb down there looking for people, and I would have known my way around and where to look. They didn't want my help, and I didn't argue with them. Is that ok with you? I wasn't able to give blood either since everyone and their brother already had. So, I donated money, which will hopefully not get squandered, but it probably will.

Here's a better question I think - What did you do before 9/11 to help prevent it? My guess is that your head was burried in the sand like most people.
BTW - did you see the sign on the door when you came in? FreeRepublic.com "A Conservative News Forum"

There is a theory among firefighters that many of those unfortunates did not jump but were following a glimpse of light through their smoke-filled offices thinking it was a stairway light. They did not know that they were stepping into space and eternity.

Oh my gosh, that is even worse to think about!