Think of the loved ones in your mind
After I sent the survey about the Towers being distroyed by the planes, I have been thinking I have been meaning to write about the sad day we will never forget. For our loved ones we lost and for those who we will not know who others lost.
In the late 80's we worked for Pan Am and I went through the loss of the 103. My coworkers said I was on the news. I said they were so far away making it look like they were right on top of my podium as I had said to go away, that they were vultures.I called Rich the moment that I found it off the screen. He worked where he would know those things. He said it was off the chart. Probably it was not going to be good as it was not yet landed. And they I was told not to answer any questions by the people waiting for the flight informantion. There were families brought into the first class lounge at JFK and Rich and I refused to work there as we said we would work as many hours in our own jobs as we would be of no use or help to grief stricken people who should have professionals help them. We lost friends. Some where employees who were on the pressure to return home and paid a lot of money to return. Or they would be grounded from flying and docked pay.
Someone gave out Rich's job's # and that's where the inquiries were going. It was so sad and stressful.
We followed it very closely. ...
In 2001 August I had my major stroke. Unable to speak, read, walk or wite. Rich was supposed to go to NY. Acutally my stroke kept him home. We ate those tickets as he had cancled like the day before the planes hit the towers. And we were having car problems. It is rainy season and having wipers that don't work is not the ideal thing to drive far back and forth.
He would have had a terrible time getting emergency dialysis not having a place planned to stay so long. And probably would have had to go to a hospital when they were able to get them to help him out... It would have been very difficult and stressful.
I was sitting trying in a wheel chair at the nursing home after I was thrown out, I call it from the hospital. They were biding for me like I was cattle. One said to have coverage with my insurance I would have to be there min 6 months. I said I didn't want my drs to choose that one! Another was upset that I could even drag my legs and using a walker get from the bed to a few inches. Ah that kept me from going to the one that said I was not bad enough.
My room mate was not a New Yorker. So she didnt care to have the news on! I said it was a national disaster not just NY was affected. Every where felt the pain and loss.
My friend worked at 1 Broadway and often would be up there for the shops and meeting friends. Luckily she saw what happened. Something made her catch a later ferry, which knowing her is so weird. And she just stayed on the ferry and went home. Of course they shut the city down.
I didn't know this for two weeks. I was not able to even call out of the area where I was. No cell phone back then, Don't know if it would have worked. But I worried about her until I was able to call through Rich getting her to call me. She sent me the most expensive carnations. $50! It was sinful. I felt bad that they had ripped us off. Not one rose for that?
Well I was threatened if I was caught actually in a man's room, even if he was sleeping I would be thrown out. Imagine. the cold hearted uncaring people there were. So I hugged the door jamb to hear his tv.
I found a guy who does his own company and I don't know if you can handle this one but he documented NYC with the disaster of 9/11.
Well today I found this. He says he wishes he was a better photographer but I think he did this very well done.
13 Days, 13 Weeks, 13 Months
Photographic timelines following the collapse of the World Trade Center.
http://www.13days.org/
http://www.13weeks.org/
http://www.13months.org/
Unrelated to this but it is his. http://www.13pt.com/hellbox/
The pied sorts ... this is weird but he thought about these. Different!
Personal Injury Warning System Standard warning symbols often ignore or overlook the complexity of human actions. These don’t.
posted by LadyIrene @ 3/05/2007 11:14:00 PM
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