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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: Mephisto who wrote (6813)	9/19/2001 4:37:59 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (3) of 93284

While in exile I have been corresponding with my niece from NYC who lives close enough to the former site of the WTC to have her aparment covered in dust. Many interesting stories here is one excerpt: We went out to ***'s parents in Long Island on Friday afternoon. It was really good to get away from everything for a while. It has been interesting and frustrating to see people's reactions. Because I watched everything happen and because we were part of the frozen zone, every day was stressful. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who live closer than us or were there. One of the women in my office worked down in the WTC before she joined our company. More than 50 people are still missing from her old company. For others who live farther uptown or out in the suburbs, they started back to a normal life much more quickly. One of our friends even came down to the city just to try to seem for himself what its like here. For *** and I, that was completely incomprehensible. All we wanted to do was be away from it. There are so many stages when grieving after a tragedy like this and its hard to see others moving through the steps faster when I can't even begin to imagine going back to "normal" life. One of the worst things is watching the racism that is springing up all over. People no longer seem to be even trying to guard their speech. I have had quite a few people say very racist things to me when telling me their stories and opinions over the weekend. I couldn't think of anything to say to these people. I am not even sure what to say now except to encourage everyone to remember that this was done by a terrorist group and not by all Muslims or Arabs. Hating blindly will not help us overcome any tragedy and certainly won't make us a united country. TP

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