Elmeaux
09-11-2010, 06:37 PM
I'm just a little blue today, what with the 9/11 anniversary and all. Anybody who thinks this was strictly an American thing, read on:
Two government employed friends of mine were inside the Pentagon when it was hit. I got the news via email. It took all day before I could get the information that they were both okay. It was one of the most harrowing things I have ever known...just waiting to hear if these people would be coming home to their families. I had to leave the house and go about my business all day...checking in every half hour to see if anybody had heard from them. Nobody had heard a thing after it happened. It wasn't until suppertime that I got the word.
My city has a couple of very tall buildings - one of which contains a U.S. embassy office. At the time, I worked in the building next door to it. Because nobody knew all the exact details of what had happened at the WTC, people worried that any USA related structure was at risk.
The complex where I worked was completely evacuated in a panicked rush, for fear the U.S. embassy would be attacked. An unnecesary act, all in all, but at the time, it was pretty awful. After it was over, we all had to be photographed and background-checked...just to be allowed back into the building.
Now I'm just scaring myself all over again with all the documentaries on TV.
And I'm not even IN the U.S.
It was a very far-reaching event.
If any of you all were closer to the events, I wish you all the tranquility you deserve today.
Two government employed friends of mine were inside the Pentagon when it was hit. I got the news via email. It took all day before I could get the information that they were both okay. It was one of the most harrowing things I have ever known...just waiting to hear if these people would be coming home to their families. I had to leave the house and go about my business all day...checking in every half hour to see if anybody had heard from them. Nobody had heard a thing after it happened. It wasn't until suppertime that I got the word.
My city has a couple of very tall buildings - one of which contains a U.S. embassy office. At the time, I worked in the building next door to it. Because nobody knew all the exact details of what had happened at the WTC, people worried that any USA related structure was at risk.
The complex where I worked was completely evacuated in a panicked rush, for fear the U.S. embassy would be attacked. An unnecesary act, all in all, but at the time, it was pretty awful. After it was over, we all had to be photographed and background-checked...just to be allowed back into the building.
Now I'm just scaring myself all over again with all the documentaries on TV.
And I'm not even IN the U.S.
It was a very far-reaching event.
If any of you all were closer to the events, I wish you all the tranquility you deserve today.