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  I Didn't Want To Cry

   • h*****l@**.comtowers
     16/09/2001 10:00:000 UTC

     I was waken from sleep to be told the Twin Towers collapsed. I was
     shocked,

     but I didn't want to cry.

     I watched the news and saw the footage of the burning buildings, the
     crash, and

     the collapse. I fought back tears; I didn't want to cry.

     People are leaving Manhattan on foot. The island is closed. I call a
     friend

     who lives in Chelsea (a bit north of the Towers but relatively close).
     He is

     staying. I'm concerned, but I didn't want to cry.

     I read the newspapers and talk about it at work. I feel glum, but I
     didn't

     want to cry.

     On Friday I go to visit friends in Queens. I take the Long Island Rail
     Road.

     I have to get to Jamaica to change for the subway. As I look out the
     window

     approaching the station, I look towards the horizon and don't see
     anything.

     That is the problem. I'm supposed to see a faint silhouette of the tops
     of the

     Twin Towers, but of course they aren't there anymore. They're supposed
     to be

     there. I fought back tears; I didn't want to cry.

     I go to the subway to take the J train. I have to pass the E train
     platform.

     An E train is in the station. It says it is going to Euclid Ave. Its
     normal

     last stop is the World Trade Center. Of couse, I thought, I read in the
     paper

     the E train was rerouted to replace the C since many subway stations
     were

     closed or damaged, but I didn't want to ...

     Wait a minute. The E train is not going to the World Trade Center. THE E

     TRAIN IS NOT GOING TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!

     I cried and cried and cried.

     Gerald Katz

     Twin Towers forever!

       • j*******i@i*.******m.com
         17/09/2001 01:28:12 UTC

         On 16 Sep 2001 10:00:00 GMT, HADSIL wrote:

         >Twin Towers forever!

         Make that Five Towers:

         http://www.scripting.com/images/flippinTheWtc.jpg

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