Date: Wed, Sep 12, 2001, 1:00pm (CDT+1) To:
Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: Airline
This letter is from my friend that was
just here for a week. Marge
Dear Arlene:
If you talk to any of your friends
tonight and they talk about this awful
thing that has happened to America. i
would like you to tell them i
personally knew the pilot of the
American airlines, the first plane
that hit the first tower. i want
people to know that he was a
wonderful man. a farmer who i spent
time with Saturday and Sunday. i know
in my heart that he fought till his
last breath to try to stop theses
people. i have no doubt in my mind
he would of rather put that plane in
the water than into that tower. he
was a great family.
john was someone that everybody would
of loved to have met. his family is
beside themselves and so aren't i.
we the new broke and they said it
was an American airline plane out of
Boston going to la i knew it was
john's plane. then a friend came to
the store tell me it was his plane.
we were destroyed. we faced the
public with red eyes and tears.
people asked if we knew someone on
the planes and we couldn't say
until it came out publicly.
from 9:10am to 12:30 we grieved
for john inside. when the world
was finally told who he was. we
told everyone what kind of man was
in that pilot seat. A man how was
all American. my heart is broken
with the rest of America. But I
wanted to let people know I have
no doubt john was a hero to the end.
Love,
Lynne
WE'RE ALL IN SHOCK, HERE IN NEW YORK,
2 FRIENDS OF MINE JUST NEVER GOT
OUT OF THE WORLD TRADE BUILDING, THEY
WERE ON THE 85 FLOOR...THE FAMILYS
ARE DEVISTATED, THERE IS NO WORDS FOR
THIS, WE GAVE BLOOD YESTERDAY, BUT NOW
TONITE THEY SAID THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE
FOR SURVIVORS AT THIS POINT AS THE
BUILDING IS LEVELED TO THE GROUND, THE
300 FT ANTENNA THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS LAYING AT THEIR
FEET, [THAT WAS FOR OUR TV RECEPTION,]
WE ONLY GET CHANNEL 2 NOW, UNLESS YOU
HAVE CABLE TV....ALL OTHER CHANNEL
RECEPTION IS OUT.... AS IT CAME FROM
THE WORLD TRADE ANTENNA.......
RESCUE WORKERS WERE STILL TONITE,
TRYING TO DIG THROUGH THE RUBBLE, OF
TWISTED STEEL, CEMENT, OF 110 FLOORS
LEVELED TO THE GROUND,THEY WERE ASKED,
DO YOU THINK YOU WILL FIND ANY SURVIVERS?
???? THE ANSWER WAS!.... HOW DO U EXPECT
TO FIND ANYONE WITH 110 FLOORS ON TOP OF
THEM, THATS WHAT THEY WERE SAYING TONITE.
......THERE ARE 18 WHEELERS THERE, ALL
WITH FROZEN COMPARTMENTS, THESE TRUCKS
ALL LINED UP, WAITING AT THE SITE, WHERE
BODIES ARE BEING PUT INTO THEM, [ THE
ONES THEY FOUND]....AND THE CITY HAS
ORDERED 12 THOUSAND BODY BAGS THERE IS
EXPECTED TO BE AS OF TONITES NEWS, 20
THOUSAND DEAD BETWEEN THE BOTH BUILDINGS
.....WE ARE ALL IN TOTAL SHOCK, AS I ON
9/11/01 HEARD THE INPACT, SEEN THE
MUSHROOM OF SMOKE, CLOUDS, [THAT WERENT
CLOUDS,] BUT SMOKE, IN THE SKY GOING
OVER US, FOR HOURS ON END, WHICH CARRIED
THE DUST OF THE EXPLOSION, IT FILLED OUR
SKIES, STREETS AND COVER OUR CARS AND
OURSELVES, BURNT PAPERS KEPT COMING DOWN
LIKE SNOW FLAKES, IT IS SICKENING, AND WE
ARE DEVESTATED HERE...NEWS REPORTS, STATE:
THE SMELL IS HERENDOUS AT THE TRAGIC SITE,
AND [THE SMELL] IT IS TRAVELING NORTH OF
THE CITY [OUR WAY,] WE HAVE BEEN SMELLING
SOMETHING ALL DAY, THAT IS NOT RIGHT...AND
TONITE IT IS STRONGER.......THIS IS A
SENSELESS HORRIBLE TRAGEDY, AND SOMETHING
I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET, WE ALL GAVE BLOOD
IN MY HOUSE, A LOT OF NEW YORKERS, WERE
TURNED AWAY, A VERY BIG RESPONSE, AS EVERYONE
IN NEW YORK WERE ALL GIVING OF OURSELFS...
WE MUST ALL STICK TOGETHER NATIONWIDE, IN
THIS HORRIBLE., HORRIBLE TRAGEDY..AND PRAY
IT DOESENT HAPPEN EVER AGAIN...
Subject: Sad News About Victims
My Brother-in-law worked with 6
people who were murdered in the
horrific plane crashes yesterday.
They were on three different planes,
that's right not all on the same plane
& all murdered. To add to the sad news
is that the one coworker had his 3 year
old son on the plane with him. They
were going on vacation after a business
meeting. I do not yet know who was on
which plane. The co-workers were 4 men
& 2 women.
There are several people in my town
who have relatives that work at the
world trade center. They have not
heard from them yet.
My sister has 2 friends whose husbands
work at the world trade center. We have
no word as to their safety yet.
Today is my Daughter's 10th birthday.
One she will never forget.
Let's keep our prayers going & pray
that more survivors are found. Pray
for everyone because right now
everyone needs prayers. This is such
a sad time for our country.
I pray that all of your family and
friends are safe. Take care,
(CDT-2) Subject: Fw: Delta alert overseas
Times are tough in DOD schools...
Susan
From an online acquaintance:
I am in Darmstadt, Germany. All of the
DoDDS European schools are closed until
further notice and we are on lock out.
The military will be bringing in counselors
and soldiers with guns to protect the
schools.
We are on -Delta - alert. This is the
highest security measure before
evacuation.
They have 4 to 6 soldiers checking every
vehicle. We basically have been
quarantined to quarters, on or off base.
This is very hard on our children as they
see everything from their windows in the
apartment complexes for the soldiers.
They do not understand. These little ones
and their families could be in danger if
another attack occurs - this is very difficult
to explain to little ones.
Terrorists were seen taking pictures of the
base where I teach. This happened last
year as terrorists are in this area. Our
crises and counseling is in a whole new
ball game.
The German people are wonderful. It is
the possibility of another terrorist attack
and where it will happen that is so very
scary to all of us. We have no idea of
when we will return to teach. We pray that
America will be safe as we are Americans
and are targets.
You are lucky to have the freedoms that
you have. Our grocery stores have closed,
we can not move about freely, we can not
drive the same way to work every day, we
can not wear shirts with logos as this is a
giveaway that we are American - we have
to keep our vehicles cleared out from
anything not needed - safer for vehicle
inspection for bombs.
Our blessings are teaching the children of
our fighting forces. We have their
protection at all times.
Let's hope that this is the end of the
terror.
Subject: Our own candle ceremony...
Hello, All !
I just wanted to let you all know
about something that happened Friday
night at the Diner where I work. We
have a mini "U.N.", there, with cooks
who are Turkish, dish washers &
busboys who are Mexican, a waiter
from India (who lost 2 cousins in NY)
owners from Greece, & waitresses, USA born.
We all knew about the plan of going
outside with a lit candle at exactly
7 PM to show your sympathy for Tuesday's
victims, & support for America, but
what could we do here in the restaurant ?
Tonight, at 7 PM, we had a full
restaurant, but we all stopped
what we were doing & went up to
the cashier's desk, the cooks,
the diswashers & the wait staff,
& I asked for all of our patrons'
attention.
I apologized for the momentary
stoppage of service, & explained
to our diners that we, the staff,
were of many different ethnic
backrounds, but were STILL a Family,
&, as they were with us at this
time, they, too, were now a part
of our Family.
I then asked them for a moment's
silence while we lit a candle for all
of the other Families effected by
Tuesday's terrible tragedy.
We lit the candle in utter silence,
stopping for that moment to say our
own silent Prayer, & finished the
small ceremony with a resounding cheer
of "God Bless America !!" & applause.
Then we all cried & hugged each other...
It was one of the most moving experiences
in my life !
I know that it may not be much, but
in that one, brief moment in time,
we WERE all a Family, mourning OUR
loss, & America's loss, yet still
filled with the pride of this
wonderful country we all call "Home".
My Love goes out to YOU, my Site Fights
Family, along with my Prayers for Wee
One Glitter Star's Family, Wee One
Princess Peach's Family, & all the other
Families who have suffered at this
terrible time.
May God's Blessings & Guidance be with us all.
Enoon
all week a particular group of people
have been on my mind, and perhaps
yours too. They deserve a special
tribute. I have been racking my brain
trying to figure a way to salute them,
and then this morning Chadwick (of
www.shagmail.com) did it beautifully
in his newsletter. This is a departure
for him; typically he emits foul and
insulting rants, but in this case, I
could have not said it any better.
So I would like to share his letter
with you. I have copied it below,
and it's worth reading.
Keep the faith,
Red
Dear Fellow Citizens of the World,
I would like to take a slight detour
from my usual format this week in
order to tell you a short, but
important story.
It is full of drama, suspense and
terror. And the great tragedy is
that the story is true.
Early Tuesday morning, September 11,
38 passengers boarded United Flight
93 in New Jersey for a scheduled
flight to California. It never got
there. Somewhere over Ohio radar
tracked the plane making a sharp turn
and head in the direction of Washington.
It didn't make it there either.
At about 10:06 a.m. Eastern Time Flight
93 crashed into an empty field
somewhere in Pennsylvania.
The reason for this bizarre and tragic
behavior was at first a mystery, but
as authorities began to patch together
bits and pieces of evidence from cockpit
radio transmissions and cell phone calls
made by passengers, a story of heart-
breaking self-sacrifice and desperation
began to emerge.
Shortly after take-off from Newark's
International Airport three or four
assailants got out of their seats, produced
knives and razor blades and attacked the
crew. Amid screams the passengers suddenly
realized that they were the victims of a
real, live hijacking, happening right in
front of them.
They were shocked and terrified, but
prepared to follow orders. In this
information age everyone has seen or read
about hijackings before. The passengers
expected their flight to be diverted, and
they expected themselves to be used as
political bargaining chips or perhaps to
be held for ransom. After wounding or
killing at least one crew member, the
hijackers herded the passengers into the
back of the plane with frantic commands.
Once the passengers were under control
the hijackers turned their attention to
forcing their way into the cockpit. It
was at this point that people began using
AirFones and cell phones to make hurried
and hushed calls to loved ones and tell
them what was happening.
Passenger Jeremy Glick, 31, telephoned his
wife, Liz. She conferenced the call to a
911 dispatcher, who told Glick about the
suicide attacks that had just occurred in
New York.
Grim realization dawned. They were not
hostages. They were all soon to be murder
victims.
With his family in his thoughts Glick made
what must have been the hardest and most
curageous decision of his life. If their
fate was to die, they should fight. His
last words to his wife were, "I hope you
have a good life. Take care of our daughter."
38-year-old Thomas Burnett also called his
wife. In a series of four cell phone calls,
Burnett had his wife, Deena, conference in
the FBI and calmly gathered information
about the other hijacked flights. According
to his wife Burnett said, "I know we're all
going to die -- there's three of us who are
going to do something about it." He then
said, "I love you, honey." and that was
the end of conversation.
Minutes after Burnett's final call, Flight
93 crashed in a field in southwestern
Pennsylvania. Apparently Glick, Burnett
and at least one other passenger, if not
more, wrested control of the aircraft from
the hijackers. Whether the plane crashed
during the struggle or because no one was
left on board who knew how to fly it, the
force of the impact was so great that
nothing of the fuselage was left intact.
Investigators believe the hijackers
intended to use the plane as a bomb,
just like the others, and attack a
significant target in Washington. But
because of the apparent actions of the
passengers it never reached its target.
Last week we saw thousands of heroic
stories in the face of the unspeakable
tragedies that occurred in New York and
Washington. But to the people wherever
this last plane was headed, whoever they
are, the passengers of Flight 93 are more
than heroes, they are guardian angels.
Chadwick
Date: Sun, Sep 16, 2001, 11:21pm (CDT+1)
To: addie kat
Subject: another one
My heart is heavy. As you know, I am a
veteran of the Gulf War. I remember trying
to motivate some of the new privates who
would come to my unit. It is still done
today. I would stand on a humvee, a hill
or anything with some height, and look
around intensely. After a few moments some
of the younger guys would ask, "Sarge what
are you doing?" My reply "I am looking
for a war."I got what I was looking for.
It is those who have been to war are
the ones who want it least. But I know
the inevitable is going to happen as it
should. We are talking about the true
foundations from which this country was
born, "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
happiness, and that all men are created
equal. "The members of our armed forces,
even anyone who holds office in the federal
government, take an oath when they assume
their duties. That oath is to defend the
Constitution of the United States from
enemies foreign and domestic.
With this in mind, I ask that not only
should we pray for the victims of this
cowardice, but pray for the members of
our military, active and reserve. I have
carried in my wallet a poem for almost
17 years. It was written by Father
Denis Edward O'Brien, USMC.
Thank you for allowing me to share this, and relieve my sadness.........
It is so true about the firemen, they are
so couragous and brave. My Brother Richie is
a fireman, and he is working in Ground Zero
on rescue and recovery at the WTC. It is
very depressing, he comes here to eat between
his shifts, he is a different person, and i
can see by the look in his eyes, the terror
he has witnessed....its all over his face.....
we all see it on television, [the small screen,]
but being right there, the distruction goes on
for blocks and the loss of so many lives, many
our friends, and my brothers fellow firemen,
is a true herific blow to all, especially the
brave Firemen working in Ground Zero rescue and
recovery to see, work in, and witness.
Its utterly, unimagable to the human soul and eyes.
As my Brother Richie says, there is no words to
discribe it, with tears welling up in his eyes ..
.. ....we New Yorkers are still not back together
here, we are all still in shock as we are so close
to the war zone.... we are all scared, traffic is
constantly backed up. all over our little streets
leading in and out of Manhattan, the police are
searching cars and trucks going into and out of
Manhattan, all retail business is very bad, stores
are empty, our cloths store is almost ready to
close its doors.....people are scared, we are all
changed here in New York, from the second our
World Trade Center was attacked by the Devils
against the Human race, we go on, but we all
have heavy hearts from what we have seen, scared,
and fear for future attacks......God Bless you
all....and I lov you all, Beve in Brooklyn,
New York, Lets give my Brother Richie, our thanks,
for his brave work, in Rescue and recovery.
Thanks, Beve......
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