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9-11 Remembered
Sep. 11th, 2005 01:10 pmLooking back, I don't think I had anything profound to say here on LJ in 2001 when 9-11 happened.
Mostly, I was anxious and afraid; Mani was working, I didn't want him going to work. Tim was 21, I was afraid of war and a draft. I worried about my friend in Manhattan.
It was surreal, and continues to be surreal. There is no way to quantify it, even at the distance of four years. I don't know if we ever will be able to express the feeling that overwhelmed us, the shock, worry, stunned disbelief that pervaded our lives. I had known there would be a war since 2000, but like a Sibyl, I felt no one was listening until it was already happening; my prescience had no effect. I felt helpless.
I expect I will have similar feelings about Katrina, for different reasons.
I hope all the families and friends of the people who were lost in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania that infamous day are gradually finding peace and closure.
Mostly, I was anxious and afraid; Mani was working, I didn't want him going to work. Tim was 21, I was afraid of war and a draft. I worried about my friend in Manhattan.
It was surreal, and continues to be surreal. There is no way to quantify it, even at the distance of four years. I don't know if we ever will be able to express the feeling that overwhelmed us, the shock, worry, stunned disbelief that pervaded our lives. I had known there would be a war since 2000, but like a Sibyl, I felt no one was listening until it was already happening; my prescience had no effect. I felt helpless.
I expect I will have similar feelings about Katrina, for different reasons.
I hope all the families and friends of the people who were lost in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania that infamous day are gradually finding peace and closure.
