tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9566587.post115807152999370493..comments2023-10-25T08:40:30.964-04:00Comments on DC Food Blog: Not food Related - Fiction will always be inadequateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9566587.post-1158171760895146312006-09-13T14:22:00.000-04:002006-09-13T14:22:00.000-04:00Thank you for what you said about ABC's Path To 9/...Thank you for what you said about ABC's Path To 9/11 and the photo-op stuff the admin. rolled out on TV Sept. 9-11 for political spin! It's all to save their asses in November! Bushco has destroyed this country!<BR/>A friend of mine works at The Pentagon. Luckily his office was far from the side that was hit, but he lost co-workers that day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9566587.post-1158165286403357652006-09-13T12:34:00.000-04:002006-09-13T12:34:00.000-04:00Once we had a clear idea of what was going on, I a...Once we had a clear idea of what was going on, I actually stayed at work for awhile. My brain couldn't really process what had happened, so I needed to do some mindless data entry to keep my mind off it all. Eventually I headed home where we watched a lot of CNN.<BR/><BR/>My mom was very lucky to get a call into me soon after the Pentagon attack to find out I was OK. After that I wasn't able to reach her for days.Dancer in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087622962074214295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9566587.post-1158150413674893312006-09-13T08:26:00.000-04:002006-09-13T08:26:00.000-04:00I was on the other side of Fairfax County in a cla...I was on the other side of Fairfax County in a class at the Government Center. We had just gotten a break and I went up to the Library Administrations office to say hi to some folks. I walked into my boss's office and asked how he was doing. He replied, "Haven't you heard? The Twin towers were hit by planes." I remember just standing there in shock. I grew up in NY and remember seeing the towers being built.<BR/><BR/>I went into a small conference room down the call and looked at the television just as they showed the first tower falling. I remember my self thinking this can't be real, this can't be real.<BR/><BR/>Then we heard about the Pentagon and that another plane was headed to the Capitol. My husband works next to Union Station within eyesight of the Capitol. I tried to call his office and got no answer. My palms started to sweat and I kept telling myself that he's ok. But until I was able to hear from him, I couldn't think straight. After about 30 minutes I called my library and my staff told me that he called there and told them he was ok and that they were evacuated from their building. He was headed to the apartment of a friend to wait things out. When I called him at the apt, I almost cried when I heard his voice. Then I laughed when I realized they had stopped off at a store and picked up beer and were on their way to getting bent. <BR/><BR/>I remember the eeriest part of that night was not hearing any planes coming in to land at National Airport. The sky was just quiet.<BR/><BR/>I called all my family, assured them we were ok. I also called a childhood friend who still lives in NY and asked if she and her family were ok. They were. <BR/><BR/>I was shocked to learn a few weeks later that another childhood friend was killed in the towers. His name was Robert Parro. He was one of the firefighters who died when the towers fell. He was a good kid and turned into a wonderful father and husband. He had a 4 year old son when he died. <BR/><BR/>The events of 9-11 were devasting enough but when I learned of his death, it took on whole new level of hurt and sadness. I can hardly look at the pictures of the towers anymore and not feel my heart ache.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629256296450380665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9566587.post-1158108068613888762006-09-12T20:41:00.000-04:002006-09-12T20:41:00.000-04:00woke up to NPR, listening to regular news...they s...woke up to NPR, listening to regular news...they stop in and said something like they didn't know if this was real or not, but a plane had hit the world trade center...normally i would have headed to the office...but I had to travel to the TV and see what was going on...I was shocked and didn't know what to do...well, go to work.<BR/><BR/>walked to work with j-lo and as we got PA ave, saw a lot of smoke in the SW direction...walked past the firehouse on 8th SE and they said to get inside, the Pentagon was just hit, and at that point, rumors were flying and they said another plane was flying around DC right now...<BR/><BR/>Didn't actually see any events happen live on TV-Thank God-but heard it all live on TV...Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings live on the radio saying the towers fell and that the skyline of new york has changed forever...That's what stuck with me more than anything.<BR/><BR/>Any my mom calling me, sobbing...again, the rumors that were going...more planes headed to Capital Hill, bombs at the state department, it was crazy. Then that night...the desserted streets of DC...<BR/><BR/>oy, that's enough...how were your pancakes? I made spaghetti that night.ScottE.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02346813251871182513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9566587.post-1158093503946245522006-09-12T16:38:00.000-04:002006-09-12T16:38:00.000-04:00this is the only september 11 related anything i'v...this is the only september 11 related anything i've been able to read. thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com