tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091461790899147561.post7545799488561449849..comments2023-07-28T09:55:35.104-04:00Comments on Thirty-something years in Ninaland: September Stories...Nina Kaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815750214278153508noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091461790899147561.post-85479014184442914802009-09-08T04:36:01.484-04:002009-09-08T04:36:01.484-04:00this is such an unusual event, no one really knew ...this is such an unusual event, no one really knew what to say, think do. some years ago, i came home to find our street blocked off and several firetrucks and smoke everywhere. and my knee jerk thought was, i hope it is not my house. the house across the street from ours. And shortly after I got home, they stopped fighting the fire and let the house burn to the ground. several of my neighbors said they had the same thought. it is a bit shameful.<br /><br />it turned out to be most of us have been on a plane. many of us visited the top of the towers. there are lots of feelings about 911. the knee jerk reaction for those situations at times is ... oh thank goodness i was not on that plane.<br /><br />but it was so random that it very well could have been any of us. sad as it is, when we hear about an earthquake in china or armenia and 10, 20, 50 times more were killed that on 911, we just blink as we watch CNN.<br /><br />somehow when we can relate to the victims, because most of them were our country men and they were doing things we can relate to, we aren't sure how to act. when we see it on the evening news while we are fixing dinner, we just finish mashing the potatoes and sit down the eat.Best Wishes, Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157664038809364935noreply@blogger.com