Guest guest Posted September 11, 2001 Report Share Posted September 11, 2001 My DH is asking if a building like the Trade Centre has a crèche? Does anyone know? Trisha SAHM to 3 boys Jack 7, 6 and Isaac 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2001 Report Share Posted September 11, 2001 I don't know about a crèche although it would not surprise me if there was one, I was speaking to speaking to one of my class members this evening. One of the Dads who works in Finance and has an opposite number in the US who often used the World Trade Centre. Her child attends a school which is in a building just across the road........ My DH is asking if a building like the Trade Centre has a crèche? Does anyone know? Trisha SAHM to 3 boys Jack 7, 6 and Isaac 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 Late as usual on a thread But ... I was absolutely stunned when I saw the news yesterday and got back home this afternoon to a message from my sister that our brother had been at a meeting less than a mile away from the Trade Centre when it happened - he had been due to go to dinner there yesterday evening! He's now stuck in NYC - would like to get home to his family (who live in Scotland) but he came over by private jet and is not currently able to get back. Although DB and I are not particularly close (mainly because we have very different lifestyles, foci and priorities - we get on fine when we get together)it certainly shook me up. I feel quite concerned about what will happen next with this - overheard a number of 'blast 'em all to kingdom come' type conversations today and feel even more uneasy. Claire Lister Mum to 8, 6, Kate3 and 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 Claire wrote: > He's now stuck in NYC - would like to get home to his family (who live > in Scotland) but he came over by private jet and is not currently able > to get back. >>>>>>>>> It did say on the news that limited flights would be allowed so maybe he will be home in a couple of days. At least he is alive and has been in touch, but I realise that until he is seen in person, in Scotland, then it is probably not that easy to wait for him. Trisha SAHM to 3 boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 Have heard with great relief that friend's brother is OK, although friends of his are missing. Other friend's journalist beeb husband still at Stansted hoping to get over there to relieve the exhausted journalists who were there; still haven't heard re cousin's husband. In some ways, in thinking of all the people who have died and their families, it seems a little indecent to be so relieved when others have lost so much, but the two emotions seem to be limbering along side by side... Am absolutely reeling still - feeling in limbo - most people I come across seem the same. We all seem to have spent the day doing housework to try to curb the pain. It feels so strange to try to carry on for the children. Likewise feel very uneasy at some of the statements made by senior figures although have also heard a fair amount of sense and caution, hope it prevails. There are a lot of planes overhead now, usually we are in a plane free area. I think they're diverted from Heathrow. Caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 Claire wrote: > He's now stuck in NYC - would like to get home to his family (who live > in Scotland) but he came over by private jet and is not currently able Ø to get back. >>> My mom was on her way home to Ohio from Alaska (where my ltitle sister lives and just got married this weekend - and her new DH is an Army Ranger and on full alert - so much for the honeymoon!) when it all happened. When the plane landed for its stopover in St. Louis, they were informed they weren’t going any further. She called my dad, who drove the 8 or so hours out to get her and then home that same night. Inconvenient and Mom is still falling over from lack of sleep, but everyone’s home. I haven’t cried much yet, but right now have BBC news 24 on and they’re playing American patriotic songs and it has set me off. Sorry, this email is a bit soggy... Phyllis __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 > In some ways, in thinking of all the people who have died and their > families, it seems a little indecent to be so relieved when others > have lost so much, but the two emotions seem to be limbering along > side by side... I know, I feel the same. We have managed to track down all our friends in the US; my SIL's granddad is Ok after all (he was alone in hospital at the time downtown Manhattan); an acquaintance had just moved office away from the World Trade Centre, a good friend of DH was actually in the Pentagon when it happened but is OK. Yet everyone is touched a little bit, I think - we have worried about someone, or we know people who know someone who was there. I have slept really badly the last two nights - I can't get the vision out of my head of that guy waving out of the window, clearly beyond being saved; or the picture of those people who jumped; or the thought of those who rang the outside world on their mobiles. I don't know if it's just me, but I find it strangely bizarre that technology makes it possible to ring and talk to someone, yet those same people cannot lift a finger to help you. I think I'm so used to thinking that everything is possible now - we have been sending people to the moon for over 30 years for God sake! - yet we cannot save people in the air, or even in tall buildings. I haven't had that feeling since Tony Bullymore was trapped in that yacht and the best the world could do was to send a ship that took two days to get there. All those fire fighters making their way up the burning towers are and were such heroes, so incredibly brave, it makes my heart ache. Karina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 I'm embarrassed to send this but am doing so, just in case it has a shred of validity First of all, I know nothing about New york apart from current news, but having been glued to 24 hour news since the atrocities happened, I have come to the conclusion that the most likely people to have survived would have been on the ground or below ground levels. So for those who know the area, would there be more point in trying to reach survivors via an underground (subway?) route, rather than digging down through tons of debris, while there might be people who are save-able deeper down? Maybe this is already being done and I'm stating the obvious, sorry. but this type of approach hasn't been mentioned, perhaps because it's stupid but I thought I'd check it out with you lot just Incas something obvious was being missed. Sometimes in tragedies, everyone thinks that someone else has suggested everything. Fiona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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