And, those of us in DC are fine. Sorry I didn't post sooner, but yesterday we were doing our best to contact family, and leave the line open for friends and family to call.
Me and Belinda work not more than 10 to 15 miles from the pentagon, and Steve himself works in the Justice Department building downtown. We heard the rumble from the crash, and saw the plumes of smoke rising.
Minutes after the planes crashed into the WTC, customers started telling us what they'd heard. Any and every little report.
I heard that two planes crashed into the WTC, that a bomb had gone off in the Pentagon, the Whitehouse was on fire, that a plane had crashed into Camp David, car bombs in downtown DC...
For about a half hour I was convinced that the US was under a prolonged terrorist attack.
I have to agree with Kate, last night I was singularly impressed with our nations leaders. And the American people as a whole as volunteers and rescuers dove into these sites to help the rescue efforts. Not to mention everyone across the nation giving blood.
It's disgusting to learn that there are people out there, in our own country laughing over this, or using it as an excuse for racist thoughts or actions.
Terrorists did this. Not Muslims, Arabs, or whatever else. Terrorists, that use a decent religion as... a means to an end, who have no real nationality.
I can only hope that as the next few days and weeks pass, the hot rage most are feeling boils off, and we are left with a patient, firm need to find exactly who did this, and punish them in such a way that no one thinks about trying it again for a long while.
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