WTC in New York is burning!!!

[Guest guest]

This brings back memories of the OKC bombing. We lived 60 miles north of

that bombing; yet we still felt the earth move and time stand still. I

remember donating blood, and baking and delivering cookies to rescue

personnel. My ex-husband's cousin, Porter, was the one who took that

sad photograph of baby Bailee in the firefighter's arms (later, 's sister

and my daughter worked together as dance teachers, and just a couple months

ago I went to the movies with the highway patrol officer who arrested

McVeigh).

But today I have been so worried about everyone on the CF lists in New York,

Washington, and Pennsylvania and have hoped that you, your family, and

friends are safe and that we avoid war. I'm living in Chicago now and it's

been rather scary to hear reports of evacuating downtown and closing down

O'Hare. I live about 20 minutes north of downtown and generally you hear

airplanes throughout the day. But today the skies were quiet.

My son came over for dinner tonight and we watched the news reports. He has

friends attending college in the NY area, and living not far from the World

Trade Center. I'm thankful he heard from them and they are okay.

My son works in downtown Chicago in the Hancock Building, but today he

had classes so he wasn't at work. My daughter called me this morning from

Edmond, Oklahoma to say her history prof cancelled class cancelled and public

schools were cancelled, reminding me of the Edmond Post Office massacre 15

years ago. My sister was in the hospital in labor with her first child; her

husband kept a window vigil as the ambulances arrived bringing in the dead

and wounded.

Prayers to all of you for safekeeping in the days to come -- and thank you

for thinking of us, Torsten.

Kim

mom to (22 with CF) and (18 1/2 no CF)

[Guest guest]

Hello all of you in the USA!

Also in Holland the television is covering the news from the USA the whole

day. It is just unbelievable and so horrific. We can not imagine what you

are going through. Our thoughts are with you. Rosemary I hope your third

brother is o.k. too. Those firefighters and policemen risked their lifes to

rescue other people.

Just to let you know that we are thinking of you in this time of shock.

Best regards,

Tine Zwaan, mother of Gwendolynn 7 wcf.

[Guest guest]

Oh. Torsten, 20 hours later, we know that our navy is patrolling the Persian

Gulf,

New York Harbor, the Potomac, and SEATTLE waterways! We do not know what to

expect next, but they know know that many hundreds of firefighters and many,

many police died, and heaven only knows how many inside those stupid towers

and the Pentagon. And I have a kid who is a Lieutenant Colonel in the army,

a doctor, too, and a member of the medical corps, and I haven't heard a word

in days,

nor from partner! EEEEEEEK! How sweet of you to be the first on any list to

com

ment on this. Thank you so much, lots of love to you, Silke, and FIONA!

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Rojas