Lolie 0 #1 September 23, 2005 I'm taking an English composition class, and need to interview someone who was in NYC or Washington DC on Sept. 11, 2001. I had someone lined up, but haven't been able to get ahold of her, and I need to do it in the next couple of days (the sooner the better). If there's anyone here willing to share their experience in a ~30 minute interview over MSN or AIM, I'd be incredibly grateful, or if you know anyone who might be able to help, let me know. The finished article is supposed to be around 8 pages, and I'd be happy to let you read the finished product. Reply here or PM me! Thanks! -Miranda you shall above all things be glad and young / For if you're young,whatever life you wear it will become you;and if you are glad / whatever's living will yourself become. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #2 September 23, 2005 You might be able to find someone on this thread. I seem to remember people making first-hand reports in the forums. Maybe you can reach them through pm.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hipwrddude 0 #3 September 24, 2005 As a backdrop to the account given by your eyewitness, you may want to consider reading the first 14 pages of "The 9/11 Commission Report." Those 14 pages reconstruct in amazing detail the movements of all the hijackers in boarding the planes up to their fateful collisions. You might be able to use their chronology with your eyewitness's. For example, on American Airlines Flight 11, the one ringleader Muhammad Atta boarded, the two flight attendants preparing cabin service in first class were stabbed by two terrorists, initiating the hijack at 8:14 a.m.. At that time, Atta and another terrorist, Omari, made their way to the cockpit. Seated behind them was a former Israeli military officer named Daniel Lewin. Realizing what was happening, Lewin went to take action but was stabbed, not knowing that a terrorist was seated directly behind him. You're always the starter in your own life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickMcMahon 0 #4 September 24, 2005 Some comments from an essay written by Rabbi Irwin Kula ... These are final conversations that were recorded on cell phones, recorded on voice mail. They seem to me to be incredible texts, because they were at the moment of confronting life or death. They're so pure about the expression of love between husband and wife, between mother and child. ... When I read them, I just felt they were texts as sacred as the text that we end up having recorded, that we transmit from generation to generation. I read these every single morning now, or most mornings, because they remind me that whatever my tradition is about, it's about this. It's about being able to express love. It's about being able to understand. Taking care of our children. It's about being in real, genuine friendships. They just seem so real to me. ... I know all these chants because my father is a cantor. He transmitted all these ancient Jewish chants to me, so they almost naturally came out in chant. I realized, "My God, the chant that we use to read one of the Scriptures that tells the story of the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and the burning down of that temple, those chants fit this perfectly," although that's not how I thought about it. The chant came and then I said the chant worked, which, of course, is the way a good tradition works. The chant has made them even more alive to me and then links these new texts to my traditional text, even though I don't know these people. But the fact is, we all knew these people in our own way. ... [Singing]: "Honey. Something terrible is happening. I don't think I'm going to make it. I love you. Take care of the children." "Hey, Jules. It's Brian. I'm on the plane and it's hijacked and it doesn't look good. I just wanted to let you know that I love you, and I hope to see you again. If I don't, please have fun in life, and live life the best you can. Know that I love you, and no matter what, I'll see you again." "Mommy. The building is on fire. There's smoke coming through the walls. I can't breathe. I love you, Mommy. Good-bye." _________________________ Website: Dick’s Stuff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
