Statiscally, that is 1 out of every 40,000 Americans.
According to statistics, there are 60,000 Free Republic posters.
With the 2 confirmed dead Freepers amongst the 6,500 casaulties that horrible day, it is just about exactly what the law of averages would dictate.
As I was telling a freeper from New Jeresy today. Who knows how many freepers we may have lost because of these attacks. Many may have been daily lurkers, who read FR at work, who came to Free Republic to read the news. We may never know. God Bless them all.
I can't tell you how often this has been on my mind these past three weeks, since Silly first began to track down the city freepers who hadn't posted in a while. I was so relieved that everyone had been accounted for. Now this. And now I wonder, how many lurkers (in a building the size of the WTC, it's hard to believe there wasn't ONE person who lurked), how many commuters from Jersey and Connecticut, how many people who may have been in town VISITING from out of state, and not told anyone from FR about their travel plans?
What I'm saying is this--there are too many Freepers with absolutely nothing on their profile page! I know it's a privacy issue with many, but could everyone please consider flying their state flag and including their city--nothing more than that? If something else happens, God forbid, it will be easier to track everyone down in that location.
I know Appy Pappy has been working for days to find out if BCM was among the dead downtown. Think of another freeper, in the future, trying to figure out if YOU have been a victim of disaster. Just mention your city in your profile. Please.
It's just a suggestion, but think about it.