tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post5713281657048750798..comments2023-10-05T13:28:44.932+02:00Comments on The Island of the Voices: In Memory Poem from 2001DawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-28137844388911534352009-09-11T23:59:42.616+02:002009-09-11T23:59:42.616+02:00Thank you for your kind poem.Thank you for your kind poem.Dr.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752941912945095736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-53216063732006430762009-09-11T23:22:37.653+02:002009-09-11T23:22:37.653+02:00thoughtful and understanding...it's a sad day ...thoughtful and understanding...it's a sad day each yr in the U.S. I'm struck by how sad each year as I see people just mention the date with a look that says it all. <br /><br />we appreciate the kindness from the rest of the world.California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-43659381326679028502009-09-11T23:04:44.041+02:002009-09-11T23:04:44.041+02:00Our Pharmaceutical company was based in Jersey. I...Our Pharmaceutical company was based in Jersey. I was in the Fertility division and I was proctoring a training class. It is strange how I have this connection to New York ...living so far away from it but I really do feel a connection to the folks there. Once the news hit...I remember going to a phone bank to try to phone home...a friend of mine...big guy about 6'2" was standing by the phone bank with the phone dangling from the line and he was uncontrollably bawling because so many of his friend worked in the Twin Towers. Later I found out that even though several worked there...only one died in the collapse but still a huge loss for him. I still talk to him now and then and he will never be able to get past that day.<br /><br />DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-28871979546755841032009-09-11T19:45:11.011+02:002009-09-11T19:45:11.011+02:00Dan, I had no idea you were actually in New York a...Dan, I had no idea you were actually in New York at the time! (only that you visited afterwards) That must have been a terrible experience! And even worse in some ways for your family, not knowing whether you were safe!! It was upsetting enough to watch the news even from the other side of the world and without having reason to believe anyone near and dear to me might have been directly affected by the events.<br />Thanks for sharing.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-11767346905673742762009-09-11T18:18:05.188+02:002009-09-11T18:18:05.188+02:00Dawn Treader...that image is also fixed in my mind...Dawn Treader...that image is also fixed in my mind as well...I know the one you speak of...actually I saw it today on a video replay of the event. It had such an impact on me because i was literally a river's width from the attacks. If you look at a map of new York City area...find Jersey city on the west side of the Hudson river...and then on the river shore...find the Jersey City Hilton Hotel...I was staying there for a refresher course for my job. I watched in horror as it p[played out fight in front of me...the hotel is directly across from where the towers stood. Within minutes the entire communications network shut down...no telephones, new cell phones and when the second tower fell...no television. I was in one of the most technically sophisticated cities in the world and couldn't communicate with my family back in St. Louis. 3 days later I received my first email from my wife...it was dated 10:00am, September 11th...all it said was "Are you ok?". Later I read that that phrase was the number one most sent in email on September 11th. <br /><br />Thanks for your take on the tragedy...it seems it affected everyone world wide.<br /><br />DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.com