Since That Day---William Rivers Pitt

[babsbunny]

http://www.truth-out.org/since-that-day63150

I moved into a new apartment last week, and I've since noticed that when there are low clouds in the sky, the airplanes out of Logan fly low over my new neighborhood as they depart for wherever. It is cloudy today and I can hear them overhead, roaring by every few minutes, hidden in the gray weather above.

I think about that day when I hear the engines. Of course I do. It was nine years ago, but still, for me, it is the sound of airplane engines that brings it all back, if only for a moment.

Everyone has a story about where they were on that day. One friend of mine, a cook, was buried in the kitchen for the breakfast rush and had no idea what was going on until the orders dried up. He walked out of the kitchen wondering what was going on to find everyone staring dumbstruck at the television. Another friend of mine was working at a brokerage house in San Francisco. He didn't have a television and liked to listen to music on headphones during his commute to work. He got to work and started calling various extensions at the New York home office in the World Trade Center, but nobody was picking up. It wasn't until his boss came in and told him what had happened that he realized he had been calling dead people.

[hlthe2b]

1. Reading Will's words on 911 today seems appropriate...

not simply because he is such a good writer, but because many of us spent that horrible day together, with Will, here on DU nine years ago today. His words ring true because we all lived it together.

[Spazito]

2. A most worthwhile read...

Recommended.

[Lochloosa]

3. ...

[RobinA]

4. I Live Outside Philadelphia

and although we don't live close to the airport, we are on the approach on certain days. For me it's seeing a jet from behind when it's banked at a certain angle that brings back the pictures of the second jet as it turned to hit the tower. Never fails.

[rustydog]

5. Very well written. Thank you Will

Your words make these old wounds a little less painful on this sad anniversary.