In 2001, I was working at The New York Deli, a lunch hangout for a lot of displaced New Yorkers. We had big TV's there, for sports events, and they were tuned into the news all day. People came, knowing New Yorkers would be there. They came in, were instantly riveted to the newscast, and never left. A lot of desks at Dell sat vacant that afternoon, as more and more people piled into the restaurant and just stood there, after all the tables were filled to capacity, murmuring, quietly crying and worrying.
Five years ago, people, and Bin Laden is still running around loose, if, indeed, he had anything to do with the attack in the first place.
Five years, and we have been neck-deep in a war with a nation that was never proved to have anything to do with the attack.
Five years and we're still squabbling over what sort of god-awful monument will stand at Ground Zero.
Five years, and workmen's comp is still trying to get out of paying benefits to those sickened by the dust and debris.
Five years, and we don't seem to care about liberty lost in the name of safety.
Five years, and we still don't know what really happened.
Thanks for the pictures, Ronni. You were always photogenic - I thought you looked wonderful, though all the different phases.
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish I hadn't been so camera-shy.
Off to catch up on your latest entry....
I wish there were more. We weren't much of a camera family, especially after we moved to Canada.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked them!
They keep showing documentaries of this disasterous day, over here in Britain.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to those brave Firemen, breaks my heart. They struggled though what must have seemed like hell to save lives. It is all too appalling.
Ronni, how far out was I with my guess in the 1966 group photo?
ReplyDeleteyou were right on the money! (since mom did not answer, I thought I would)
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