On The Edge
Jul. 1st, 2002 03:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlThis email was written to Katie and is dated September 13 2001.
Dear Katie,
Thank you so much for your email. I really appreciate it. It took me 11 hours to reach my mother and my brother Michael on Tuesday. They were fine, as was my oldest brother, his family, and my sister. My brother Neil who works for the fire department, as well as my sisters boyfriend Greg were both MIA for about 30 hours. But they both eventually got in contact with us and they are both safe. Neil is actually down at ground zero clearing up the wreckage and trying to save people. My oldest brother Gregory was on a rooftop in Queens when the whole thing went down. He saw it as it happened. Not on TV. He saw the real thing. The whole experience has completely unhinged him. All of us have been severely emotionally disturbed by this, but I think Gregory has it the worst. I still cant stop crying. Im releived and supremely greatful that all of my family and friends are alive and well. But everything that I took for granted would always be there has now been called into question. A crazy person laid seige on my home town. They tore up the landscape. They obiterated a huge chunk of my community. Inflicted mental suffering on millions. I cant tell you how this feels. I really cant. Tina and I have had to sleep with a light on the last few nights because I cant stand to be in the dark. I just keep seeing the those images of the plane crashing into the building, the explosion, and then the collapse. That image keeps playing itself over and over in my head to the soundtrack of people screaming. Michael says the entire town has become one huge missing poster. Everyone knows someone who is unconfirmed. The streets are plastered with missing signs. Miles of them. Everyone is looking for somebody. I just keep hoping that there are people alive in the sub basements. That there are vast communities of people alive down there, shouting to each other through the wreckage, telling each other that help will arrive soon. You gotta dream. You gotta hope.
Jeremiah tells me you arent doing to well. How are you feeling about this? He says you dont want to go to France now. I dont fully blame you. I dont want to fly home in November. But you shouldnt let fear keep you from the opportunity of a lifetime. You have to go to France. It will be a good release from all the chaos here. Hey, is Bush getting on your nerves as much as he is getting on mine? He is not the least bit genuine, and has no idea how to comfort the country. Plus I think hes a little trigger happy. I mean I want whoever did this to pay as much as the next guy. But I dont think we should start bombing countries we dont like. That would just be the death of more innocent people. It would only add to the horror. Heres my idea of revenge. Whenever they figure out who did this, they should bring him to New York, stand him before all the poeple who lost a loved one in the collapse, (Which would pretty much be the entire city with the happy exception of my own family.) and let THOSE people have free reign and decision making capacity on what to do to him. That I think would be justice.
well those are my thoughts on the subject. Write back and let me know how you are doing. Let me know what thoughta are goin through you head. Take care honey.
Love,
Carla
Dear Katie,
Thank you so much for your email. I really appreciate it. It took me 11 hours to reach my mother and my brother Michael on Tuesday. They were fine, as was my oldest brother, his family, and my sister. My brother Neil who works for the fire department, as well as my sisters boyfriend Greg were both MIA for about 30 hours. But they both eventually got in contact with us and they are both safe. Neil is actually down at ground zero clearing up the wreckage and trying to save people. My oldest brother Gregory was on a rooftop in Queens when the whole thing went down. He saw it as it happened. Not on TV. He saw the real thing. The whole experience has completely unhinged him. All of us have been severely emotionally disturbed by this, but I think Gregory has it the worst. I still cant stop crying. Im releived and supremely greatful that all of my family and friends are alive and well. But everything that I took for granted would always be there has now been called into question. A crazy person laid seige on my home town. They tore up the landscape. They obiterated a huge chunk of my community. Inflicted mental suffering on millions. I cant tell you how this feels. I really cant. Tina and I have had to sleep with a light on the last few nights because I cant stand to be in the dark. I just keep seeing the those images of the plane crashing into the building, the explosion, and then the collapse. That image keeps playing itself over and over in my head to the soundtrack of people screaming. Michael says the entire town has become one huge missing poster. Everyone knows someone who is unconfirmed. The streets are plastered with missing signs. Miles of them. Everyone is looking for somebody. I just keep hoping that there are people alive in the sub basements. That there are vast communities of people alive down there, shouting to each other through the wreckage, telling each other that help will arrive soon. You gotta dream. You gotta hope.
Jeremiah tells me you arent doing to well. How are you feeling about this? He says you dont want to go to France now. I dont fully blame you. I dont want to fly home in November. But you shouldnt let fear keep you from the opportunity of a lifetime. You have to go to France. It will be a good release from all the chaos here. Hey, is Bush getting on your nerves as much as he is getting on mine? He is not the least bit genuine, and has no idea how to comfort the country. Plus I think hes a little trigger happy. I mean I want whoever did this to pay as much as the next guy. But I dont think we should start bombing countries we dont like. That would just be the death of more innocent people. It would only add to the horror. Heres my idea of revenge. Whenever they figure out who did this, they should bring him to New York, stand him before all the poeple who lost a loved one in the collapse, (Which would pretty much be the entire city with the happy exception of my own family.) and let THOSE people have free reign and decision making capacity on what to do to him. That I think would be justice.
well those are my thoughts on the subject. Write back and let me know how you are doing. Let me know what thoughta are goin through you head. Take care honey.
Love,
Carla
