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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ManyMoose who wrote (6831)	9/19/2001 11:07:59 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

My niece had this previously unsung story. (Forwarded the day after) > Just a quick note to let you know that A***, B > and I are okay. It has been an incredibly scary day. > This morning my father called me after the first plane > hit the World Trade Center. I went up to my roof > where I can see the entire downtown. Sadly, I then > saw the second plane hit the building. It was a sight > that I will probably replay in my mind forever. I > stayed on the roof and then saw the two buildings > collapse. Words cannot describe the horror. I phoned > A* and finally managed to get a hold of her at her > office. She has a friend visiting who was at the > Metropolitan Museum of Art. -* was able to make > his way to A*'s office then they both walked down > to our apt. B** walked home almost immediately and > we have all spent the day watching the news. I was > able to reach almost all of my friends and everyone is > okay for now. I am sure as time goes by we will > discover more and more tragedies as we have friends > who are firefighters, cops and employed downtown. Our > building super happened to be subbing on the 55th > floor of the south building in the World Trade Center > when the plane hit it. He said the whole building > shook and the electricity went out. He had to kick > open a door trying to escape the floor. He kicked > open one only to see the wing of the plane in front of > him. He went to another room and a woman ran toward > him covered in flames and then jumped out the window. > He said it got so hot he considered jumping as well. > Fortunately he found another door with a safe stair > well and rescued a woman and her child who he met on > the way. Incredibly enough, after all of this he > showed up at our building to take out the trash and > told us this whole amazing story. It is stunning in the truest sense. TP