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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (43190)	9/11/2002 6:35:40 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

We are a civilization in danger of being paralyzed out of fear of our own competence and strength. Derek

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (43190)	9/11/2002 9:18:17 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

A Good Kiwi Bloke, in the cockpit, stopping the only plane which didn't get to the target. Thanks to CDMA [and other cellphones] phones linking passengers to their families, plus a bunch of passengers who realized they'd better not find out where the hijackers planned to crash them. He deserves the thanks of a grateful USA, and me. We now know that Flight 93 was intended to crash into the dome of the US capitol building. For the past year, every time I see the capitol, I tell it goodbye in my mind. It's been a painful year, but I've learned to live with the idea that it may not be there forever. But you know what? It's just a building. Symbolic, yes, but the symbol is not the thing itself. The terrorists could destroy the entire city of Washington, D.C., and the entire city of New York, and we'd hardly miss a beat. It would not be like ripping out our heart, more like cutting the tail off a lizard. We'd grow it back.