tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post3330817969703744139..comments2023-05-24T10:37:44.013-04:00Comments on Dispatches from the Northern Outpost: The WeightShieldmaiden96http://www.blogger.com/profile/04673938377819957295noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-895036951648287222011-10-01T06:45:50.300-04:002011-10-01T06:45:50.300-04:00I read a lot of 9/11 posts but honestly, this one ...I read a lot of 9/11 posts but honestly, this one was the most beautifully written. Truly well written and heartfelt.<br /><br />I was getting ready to board a plane on 9/11.Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980186321981090019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-75097748521122629922011-09-19T12:26:23.806-04:002011-09-19T12:26:23.806-04:00The optimistic side of me has hope that people wil...The optimistic side of me has hope that people will stop killing each other in this way. The cynical side of me knows it will never change.<br /><br />I visited the 9/11 Memorial last week and will post some pictures of it soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145627510439227985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-90210469340359103302011-09-16T03:57:03.504-04:002011-09-16T03:57:03.504-04:00Of all the 9/11 posts I read, this is by far the b...Of all the 9/11 posts I read, this is by far the best. I'm glad you bothered.MikeWJ@toomanymornings.comhttp://www.toomanymornings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-78531587696654735382011-09-12T11:49:11.412-04:002011-09-12T11:49:11.412-04:00MY comment is that it will always have happened ye...MY comment is that it will always have happened yesterday. On Sept 12, 2001, it happened yesterday. On May 9, 2006, it happened yesterday. On Sept 12, 2011, it happened yesterday.<br /><br />A hole in our collective lives, geography, and histories.Chicken Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793952075462800530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-82627706425485145552011-09-11T20:13:16.735-04:002011-09-11T20:13:16.735-04:00I haven't turned on the TV all day because I j...I haven't turned on the TV all day because I just can't watch it all again and again and again. The pain, the horror, the terror--I can't visit it all again. I can't imagine those who lost a loved one....Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042143254001890567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-22912083767479528212011-09-11T13:56:53.415-04:002011-09-11T13:56:53.415-04:00You needed to write this blog because you can. Yo...You needed to write this blog because you can. Your words help those who have the feelings, but were not blessed with the words to bring that grief and pain into the light. It helps them to heal.<br />My "box" contains a photo I took of the WTC towers during a weekend photography seminar. I took the train into the WTC and stayed in that hotel. <br />It also contains a tourist brochure for the observation tower at the WTC, described as "the closest you will ever get to heaven on earth." Love You!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-53807423893923810222011-09-10T23:57:29.828-04:002011-09-10T23:57:29.828-04:00I might have made it without a tear....had you not...I might have made it without a tear....had you not posted that song. And the Anne Frank quote. And the prayer. And ... well, screw it. Who am I kidding?Lisa @ Boondock Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430994283914399581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-5933964512192099762011-09-10T23:30:33.242-04:002011-09-10T23:30:33.242-04:00There have been myriad posts commemorating that da...There have been myriad posts commemorating that day, and I've avoided commenting on them. But yours hit a nerve. I watched the second plane hit, on TV - it was my day off, and having worked a nightshift the day before, I was asleep still, when my wife called to me to come see the TV - that a plane had hit the Twin Towers.<br /><br />I spent the ensuing two days at the firehouse; I was an EMS lieutenant then, and as we were less than two hours from NYC, we waited anxiously to hear if we would be requested to respond, either to the city, or (more likely) to relieve EMS services in Westchester County who had been diverted there.<br /><br />It didn't happen. The untold thousands of injured that were predicted never materialized. People either walked away from the Towers, wounded but still counting themselves lucky...or they were killed.<br /><br />Two people I knew were lost that day - a FDNY firefighter from Hyde Park, NY, whom I'd met several times, named Paul Tegtmeier; and the husband of the mayor (at the time) of Poughkeepsie, Juan LaFuente.<br /><br />There were many people killed whose faces were familiar to me, as they were daily commuters from the train station where I worked. The thing that affected me the most, oddly, was a few weeks after 9/11/01, watching the MTA Police catalog each vehicle and bicycle in the parking lot, to determine which ones were parked there by commuters who would never return.<br /><br />It's been 10 years, and still I look for some of those faces I used to see in the station or at the coffee shop counter in the mornings. I don't know their names, but I know they're gone, along with thousands of other people who shuffled onto a plane, or walked into an office, or signed in for a meeting at the WTC like a hundred times before. There's a fundamental and visceral change in our society as a result, and it will never be the same. Nor should it.NYEMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376647828923494384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-50697684279888336222011-09-10T22:22:10.425-04:002011-09-10T22:22:10.425-04:00What a beautiful post - and heartfelt prayer. Than...What a beautiful post - and heartfelt prayer. Thank you for sharing.Carrie K.http://booksandmovies.colvilleblogger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-68026496200878261862011-09-10T15:10:13.389-04:002011-09-10T15:10:13.389-04:00This was such a touching and heartfelt post, I am ...This was such a touching and heartfelt post, I am sitting here with tears streaming down my cheeks. Thank you for sharing your story with us. <br /><br />Much like you, I still cannot look at the images of that day, and comprehend it all.meleah rebeccahhttp://mommamiameaculpa.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-11737490342899946222011-09-10T13:00:46.284-04:002011-09-10T13:00:46.284-04:00A very, very touching post, Shieldmaiden. And I do...A very, very touching post, Shieldmaiden. And I don't think it matters at all if you are one of may who write about that day. I think it's important and theraputic for people to express the shock and pain they felt, and still feel.Nickyhttp://www.weworkforcheese.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-80419900372737880782011-09-10T12:53:52.559-04:002011-09-10T12:53:52.559-04:00Wow...
Wow...
...and wow.
Only disappointment: ...Wow...<br /><br />Wow...<br /><br />...and wow.<br /><br />Only disappointment: thought you were going to use a video to the song, "The Weight." ;)Your Husbandhttp://unfinishedperson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517751.post-61530020268287958112011-09-10T12:40:08.744-04:002011-09-10T12:40:08.744-04:00I was working in NY as a firefighter when this hap...I was working in NY as a firefighter when this happened. We had to go to three houses of older veterans who had heart problems when they saw what happened in NYC.<br /><br />two were retired firefighters. I remember later my parents frantically trying to call me to make sure I was ok.<br /><br />I have several army, navy, and marine buddies who have been on almost continuous tour since 9/11. One of my friends missed both of his daughters being born.<br /><br />The day still makes me cry.KJ Callawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02149652144080933322noreply@blogger.com