Very Sensitive material follows -- do not read if you get upset by 9/11.












I am an early worker. I work in Two Penn Plazza on the 29th floor. (right above Madison Square Garden). There was a scream from down the hall and everyone ran to the window. This was the first plane that hit. I didn't see it. But we all huddled around the window watching the smoke and flames. Then we all saw the second plane crash into the building with great force -- some of the plane shot through the other side. At this time the division director said this can't be a coincidence everyone go home. I was on the #1 subway crossing the bridge between Manhattan and the Bronx when the Tower #2 collapsed. The train stopped and made an announcement. We went directly to the end of the line and all traffic on the #1 stopped (this is the line that went under the WTC). Many of my friends are paramedics and they have told me stories that can never be repeated, and will allways stay with them and me. When I got home I picked up my kids from school, and on the way back my wife who works for the City of Yonkers Public Library, told me that the police that patrol the library were sent to the downtown business district of Yonkers (Getty Square) to police a large demonstration of Arabs that were burning American flags and celebrating. Without the police to protect them, I am not sure what the locals would have done. We have a VERY LARGE Arab population in Yonkers. It still bothers me to this day that we give freedoms to people that do not deserve them. Freedoms bought with the blood of my uncles, grandfathers, and many forefathers. I was a peace-time solder (US Army 1978-84).

We must remember both the people that perished, and why they perished. The holy Jihad will not go away all by itself.

I REALLY like this forum -- Sorry to hijack it.