9/11 Babies: Five Years Later

ABC News ^ | 9/6/06 | DIANE SAWYER and CATHERINE HARRINGTON

[Dr. Scarpetta]

These children need that prayer and many more.

[BlessedBeGod]

This thread isn't the time or the place.

If you want to argue religion, please go to the religion forum and leave this wonderful thread be.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Ping.....

[xsmommy]

good for you, that is great!

[mockingbyrd]

It's not that hard for me to believe. Maybe it's the Irish in me. But I belive in eternal life and a merciful God--Father Himself--and a father's love.

[Hildy]

I hate this kind of sensationalism. A tragic, violent death is a tragic, violent death, no matter who perpetuated it. The suffering of these people, as great as it is, is really not all that much different than a family whose husband/father was murdered while working in a 7/11...or a post office. Am I wrong?

[veronica]

In a sense you are wrong. 9-11 was unique. It was so public, so vast in scope, so horrifying, that the relatives received an extra terrible blow. To know your loved one endured such horror must be very hard to take.

[Mad Dawg]

Thanks. It has changed my life.

[SelmaLee]

And without a doubt, you will personally change a lot of people's lives in during your career. Some you will know about - many more you won't. May God give you strength, you have my thanks.

[Mad Dawg]

Aw Gawrsh! No, I'm not. "Only one is good.(and it ain't me!)"

But I'm a lucky guy to have the time and opportunity to do this stuff, and to take a very small part in what will be, I think, the war of our children's generation. I'd just as sson sit under my fig tree, but if there's going to be a fight, I want in.

I think those who can should do CERT training and NIMS training, and if their states and localities still believe in the liberties guaranteed by the Constitution they should get some weapons and learn how to use them.

If I were a terrorist I would do as Tom Clancy suggests in "Teeth of the Tiger" (a very silly book in many respects, but fun) and attack in smaller communities (like mine, Charlottesville VA) so that no one would feel immune.

And since we're NOT immune, we should, I think, be prepared.

/rant off

[angcat]

I can't even look at all the photo's. I'm all choked up.

[LadyPilgrim]

I know what you mean. I can't see through my contacts.
They're literally floating in my eyes.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

IMO the public needs to be reminded of the lives lost on 9/11.

[gitmo]

I have the same problem with my expensive bifocals. Maybe it's the humidity.

[Mad Dawg]

Not just the lives lost, but the lives affected. My sister worked in WT#7 and when the second plane hit she told her team it was time to evacuate. They walked uptown and were far away when the towers collapsed.

She talked a lot about all the support businesses -- dry cleaners, restaurants, ... all the things that cluster around and make large office complexes work. All those people got messed over very badly: jobs lost, livelihoods lost, bankruptcies (as I suppose).

Sure that's nothing compared to losing a loved one. But odds are there were a number of suicides caused by tipping stressed-out out people over the edge.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Must see TV BUMP........

[Peach]

Thanks for the ping, Dolly. Consider the MSM just had to tell us how many widows and widowers lives were destroyed by all those millions in donations and government hands outs, this article was a pleasure to read. I'll try to watch the show; sounds uplifting and wonderful.

[DollyCali]

yes, IMHO

[Majie Purple]

Thanks for the ping Dr. S!

Just short of 5 years...Still seems like just short of yesterday... ) :

[Dr. Scarpetta]

My sister worked in WT#7 and when the second plane hit she told her team it was time to evacuate. They walked uptown and were far away when the towers collapsed.

Just wondering how many flights she had to walk down.