Posted by jkm822 at ncwns1-i-nat.aon.com on September 19, 2001 at 10:48:21:
In Reply to: Tell the truth Jill...what really happened?*nt* posted by skunksmokinsnoogans on September 19, 2001 at 10:38:55:
Actually, you probably can't. Neither can I. All of our web access was firewalled, as I said, through our World Trade Center offices. There are still, last I heard, about 200 employees from my company missing, and at this point I think it's fair to say they'll soon officially be pronounced dead. So our lack of web access was the least of our troubles, as far as my company is concerned. As far as I was concerned, however... I was going totally nuts without access. I felt completely cut off. I mean, I have a small group of close friends here in NJ, yeah, but much of my support system and network of friends is web-based. I couldn't get in touch with any of them. There were a good number of friends of mine who were truly worried about my safety; I used to work in Manhattan, and some people have been out of my loop for a while. It's a huge relief to be able to talk to everyone again, not to mention being able to keep up on current events both worldwide and in the microcosm form of View Askew.
So, that's the truth. Sorry, no dirty little secrets being kept; the truth is that I was directly affected by the tragedy, in the form of web access. I'm more grateful than humanly imaginable that this appears to be the only way I was personally affected.
However, yesterday, I joined my family in Queens for Rosh Hashanah. Normally I avoid these family gatherings like the plague, but in this case, I decided that seeing my family would be a really, really nice thing. It turned out that it was, for which I'm very glad. It did entail going from NJ into NY, and seeing the skyline as it is, today, though. It was... we'll just call it "sobering."
Jill