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Sunday, September 11th, 2005 05:57 pm

Lilo, the head anarch of freenode, mentioned a very important thing about 9/11 that is far too easily forgotten.

Three thousand people died, yes.  And this should not be forgotten or forgiven.

But we must also never forget that twenty-five thousand people made it out.

Sunday, September 11th, 2005 05:36 pm (UTC)
Yup, three of my family friends. One was on the 40th floor of Tower 2, the others worked at the Marriot at the base of the complex. After the first building got hit, they evacuated and walked back to New Jersey.

I'm glad they're okay. I'm sad that a few thousand people did lose their lives. What lingers though are those beautiful buildings crashing to the Earth; I'll be welling up when the new complex is completed.
Sunday, September 11th, 2005 08:23 pm (UTC)
Do you know the Genesis song One Man's Fool, from "Calling All Stations"?
I suppose it may have actually been in reference to Oklahoma City, but it's always seemed eerily prophetic to me for a song written in 1997.