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bondwooley

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13. I felt every word of that...
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 12:21 PM
Sep 2019

and it was just a wonderful thing to read this morning -- heartbreaking yet comforting that others still know what it all felt like. They speak of the "true meaning of Christmas" ... never have figured that out. But I feel in my marrow the true meaning of 9/11.

Oh, St. Vincent's.

Let's not forget the flip side! For a couple of days, the whole country loved New York for the first time since the Big Bang!

Our neurons and synapses will never sort out that day, week, month, or living before and after. I still look for the towers when getting out of the subway, to orient myself to north and south. But they're gone.

Ahh, all we can do is ask one kid, before we die, to remember and pass along what went on in the underbelly of that made for tv event.

❤️

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A 9/11 Letter From New York City [View all] bondwooley Sep 2019 OP
K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #1
Hey, thanks for that. bondwooley Sep 2019 #2
K&R...👍🏼 spanone Sep 2019 #3
Much appreciate that you took time to read it. bondwooley Sep 2019 #5
Thank you. canetoad Sep 2019 #4
Thanks. bondwooley Sep 2019 #6
Powerful. Thank You. Nevermypresident Sep 2019 #7
Thank you bondwooley Sep 2019 #11
And I thought I was all cried out for the day. BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #8
The worst thing we can probably do get numb to it. Keep the candle burning. n/t bondwooley Sep 2019 #12
It is like the Pearl Harbor for my life time. BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #15
Thank you for this letter. I will always love this city with my whole heart and soul. Lady_Chat Sep 2019 #9
I felt every word of that... bondwooley Sep 2019 #13
Thank you Raine Sep 2019 #10
Thank you for reading - and caring. nt bondwooley Sep 2019 #14
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