Posted on 11/01/2001 6:06:29 AM PST by vannrox
Attack on America - THE Day of Infamy
Regards.
. . .and there are many who have never 'been there' and this will certainly give them a perspective they did not have.
Yes, thank you, vannrox!
Our people did not ask for this. Their civilians didn't ask for this. But this is how it is.
Compliments of FReeper 'Nick Danger"
This was from someone whose co-worker received one last phone call from her husband -- he had to climb on top of his filing cabinet just to have those last few extra moments.
Not according to the 911 telephone transcripts. Someone called and said they were one of 40 people who had made it to the roof and asked 911 for instructions on how to save their lives. The people in Tower One said that the excape doors into the stairwell leading up to the roof or down to the groudn were blocked with debris that had fallen during impact. But there WERE 40 people on the roof as of 20 minutes BEFORE the collapse.
The choice that people were forced to make to jump from a 1000 feet has not only been censored as a discussion topic, but I've actually heard media creeps claiming that there were no jumpers. People were blown from the building.
The people in this building faced a choice to remain trapped in a burning building that was hot enough to soften steel, or take a leap to the street and a quicker, cleaner death. Sorry I cant type anymore
That may be true, but I would have to actually be burning to get to that point.
From the pictures I saw, the jumpers didn't look the least bit singed. I kinda think anyone close enough to be in the midst of the fire would have been killed from the initial impact and explosion. I could very well be wrong, but it seems to me that those who jumped did so because they were afraid of becoming burned and gave up looking for a way to survive/escape rather than jumping because they were actually burning.
Just last week I indignantly told a poster he was cruel for showing 'a jumper' on one of the 'threads'....
.....but some of you have helped change my opinion on this issue.....
....I'm sure there is a line to be crossed in mobidity & 'showing what really happened'.....
....but I realize now that some in our nation tend to quickly forget WHO started this war & WHY we continue to fight!!
....the poster who mentioned the Holocaust reminded me that we are told to 'never forget'....
...and of course they are right...
...but how do they make sure we never forget?......they show us the pictures......they tell us the stories.....the museums are full of the remnants, relics & photos of that horrible time during WW2.
We too must never forget.......and a good way to insure that is to remind folks what happened that day.
...sure we daily see evidence of the attack when they show the smouldering ruins............but most of us, not having actually been there, only see a one dimensional view.
.....No, I don't want or need to dwell on carnage.....but why then, does CNN & others insist on our seeing mangled Afghan children in hospitals....or young women wounded.....or little hovels blown away....
....they are appealing to the deepest part of us.....OUR HEARTS, SOULS & CONSCIENCE....and imprinting these scenes in our minds!!
True, maybe the collective thought immediately after the WTC Horror.....was that we, as a nation, couldn't take more scenes after witnessing the act itself.
....but now, folks are starting to wander in their understanding & vision of this war............
....and I just want to say maybe we're ready to be reminded.
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