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Strategies & Market Trends : Trading the SPOOs with Patrick Slevin! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nemer who wrote (6801)	9/13/2001 6:17:13 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7434

Well, to be honest I posted out of ego. I worried for a bit that people may have been concerned about me. I did not have "everyone's" e-mail so I thought that I should post something totally useless. I did not lose anyone, I do not think. I had a nephew out from Chicago and he was to leave out of Newark on Monday but he stayed in Manhattan with some trader friends so I did not know myself until I called to see if he had taken the Monday flight or not. As I spoke with him on Tuesday the South Tower went down.Two other nephews are unheard from but I am certain that if they were missing I would have heard from their wives by now. I met several traders that morning, it seems most if not all of my close friends are okay.....although several are shaken. Many do not care to return; twice in 8 years is a strain. Others have the New York Trader mentality.....that could be Chicago, London, anywhere you like.......they are ready to go back at this minute if necessary. U.S. Flags are impossible to find here. I dug into a closet to get a set that was given to me by an Irish association some years back. I live about two miles from a flag factory. Judging by my experience around here I would not even consider going there, the place is probably jammed with people. Heading to the gym I and Killer work out in last night, I found I could not make the last few blocks in anything less than 20 minutes. It seems the street is so congested (the Red Cross is on the block) that lanes have been closed because of the number of blood donors. It is quite something to see. People do not care if they miss the Yankee game, a Posada Home Run is unimportant. Firefighters emerging from a pile of rubble; that is what people here care about. It appears to send a shot of adrenalin into both the people clustered around the television as well as the workers on the scene. I know two people who volunteered for service immediately after the five firefighters were unearthed alive today. I do not know what to think myself. After two days of coverage last night I switched to a movie to "break away" for a moment. The first scene of the movie was a shot of lower Manhattan. Had to change the channel again. I have friends who have lost family, friends who have lost friends. I'm certain when the tally is over we shall have all lost someone close. Please continue to pray for all of them and for all of us, everywhere.