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Poppinjay · 09-11-2008, 04:47 AM

I was sitting at my desk. Running a public radio station in the rural south had become an effort of nothing. I was chatting with a friend in NYC when all of a sudden her message was, "THEY FLEW A FREAKING PLANE INTO WTC!"

So, into the control room goes I. No news outlet had it yet, but I told our morning guy to get ready for some updates. Within seconds, the attack was on our monitor. My lone regret that morning was that I did not tell our announcer to talk a hike and let me update the info. We were getting it much faster than NPR. Later on that day, folks on the NPR listserv were criticising the network for not getting the info on air earlier (they let about 40 minutes lapse between the first plane and going with the story).

My reply was, "do you have your own microphones?"

Personally, I was to be married in four days. Our photographer cancelled because he was sure an invasion was imminent. My now MIL wanted us to postpone. Our honeymoon airline tix were obviously useless. My boss asked me if I really planned to go to Nantucket.

I lived in an area surrounded by marine air bases and an airport. I remember going out, looking up at the cloudless sky, and feeling an emptiness of air traffic. A couple of days later, a DC9 landed at our airport - where usually the planes were prop. It was unmarked, and this happened during the air restrictions.

We got married. 90 people attended instead of 110. Despite the events, we were happy. Deena declared a media blackout for me and we listened to "The Shadow" tapes while driving our stiff, uncomfortable Saturn SL1 up to Mass. Several bridges had people holding signs. One night we stayed in Mystic and watched Bruce Springsteen sing Rise Up.

I understand that people have used this date to push agendas. "Let's Roll" is not a credo. But this attack was also not a well meaning effort for diversity. It was done by people who want to kill christians and jews. They also dress women in burkas and disallow them to vote. If a woman is raped, then she may well face the death penalty for being sullied.

I don't agree with the wars currenlty happening, but to dismiss this date because of the schemes of a few is repugnant.

09-11-2008, 04:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	I was sitting at my desk. Running a public radio station in the rural south had become an effort of nothing. I was chatting with a friend in NYC when all of a sudden her message was, "THEY FLEW A FREAKING PLANE INTO WTC!" So, into the control room goes I. No news outlet had it yet, but I told our morning guy to get ready for some updates. Within seconds, the attack was on our monitor. My lone regret that morning was that I did not tell our announcer to talk a hike and let me update the info. We were getting it much faster than NPR. Later on that day, folks on the NPR listserv were criticising the network for not getting the info on air earlier (they let about 40 minutes lapse between the first plane and going with the story). My reply was, "do you have your own microphones?" Personally, I was to be married in four days. Our photographer cancelled because he was sure an invasion was imminent. My now MIL wanted us to postpone. Our honeymoon airline tix were obviously useless. My boss asked me if I really planned to go to Nantucket. I lived in an area surrounded by marine air bases and an airport. I remember going out, looking up at the cloudless sky, and feeling an emptiness of air traffic. A couple of days later, a DC9 landed at our airport - where usually the planes were prop. It was unmarked, and this happened during the air restrictions. We got married. 90 people attended instead of 110. Despite the events, we were happy. Deena declared a media blackout for me and we listened to "The Shadow" tapes while driving our stiff, uncomfortable Saturn SL1 up to Mass. Several bridges had people holding signs. One night we stayed in Mystic and watched Bruce Springsteen sing Rise Up. I understand that people have used this date to push agendas. "Let's Roll" is not a credo. But this attack was also not a well meaning effort for diversity. It was done by people who want to kill christians and jews. They also dress women in burkas and disallow them to vote. If a woman is raped, then she may well face the death penalty for being sullied. I don't agree with the wars currenlty happening, but to dismiss this date because of the schemes of a few is repugnant. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet Last edited by Poppinjay; 09-11-2008 at 04:53 AM..