Comments | darkadaptedeye: blue skies and falling buildings

darkadaptedeye

blue skies and falling buildings

Sep 11, 2006 13:01

It was a beautiful Tuesday morning and I would have gladly skipped work given any reasonable excuse. Sometime over the night, I had turned off the air conditioning and opened my bedroom windows to allow the breeze to gently drift inside ( Read more... )

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stagger_lee77 September 12 2006, 12:38:11 UTC

wow. just... wow. i've often wondered what 9/11 was like for an actual new yorker, but i've always been afraid to ask. thank you for sharing.

darkadaptedeye September 12 2006, 14:21:51 UTC

since we were in the military, i think people like you and i also react a bit differently than most of the general population. instead of panic, there's just a calm/rational "ok, this is going on, what do i need to start doing next."

it wasn't so different than finding yourself in a warzone. although most other americans thought "it could never happen here", i think almost any of us who've ever deployed overseas knew that it was an eventuality.

in 2001, parts of this country finally started to learn what it was like in europe (as well as the middle east, southeast asia, and latin america) for most of the past century: "partially cloudy, with a slight chance of bombings."

stagger_lee77 September 12 2006, 19:05:41 UTC

you know what's weird? i had only been at fort stewart for ~3 months when 9/11 happened. before that, i was in 2ID. after the USS cole was bombed, they had us on the lookout for certain license plates because they thought bin laden might have some associates there. at the same time, the CEO of daewoo corp embezzled ALL of the money and disappeared. if they couldn't find him, a korean, in korea... what made them think they would find who was reponsible for bombing the USS cole??

darkadaptedeye September 12 2006, 19:58:19 UTC

heh. ever wonder if that money ended up as "campaign contributions" to anyone in particular?

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darkadaptedeye September 12 2006, 19:42:11 UTC

wow. thanks ( ... )

darkadaptedeye September 13 2006, 13:32:39 UTC

on a different tangent... and before it keeps slipping my mind... yes, you would definitely be welcome to come hang out with me and the rest of the scooter gang. (we tend to meet for drinks at Double Down, Union Pool, or the Bushwick Country Club fairly often) i've also been keeping my eyes open for you whenever i see something vintage at a good price.