News From NYC

[joecurto@aol.com]

Well, Guys I guess I should give you all a little update from the man on the street, The mood and tone of the usually brash and boisterous City has been toned down substantially, schools are closed and many people have chose not to go to work, the weather is beautiful as was yesterday. While I personally do not know of anyone who worked at the WTC, I am sure I know of them directly or indirectly, over 50,000 people worked in that complex more than some small towns in this country, it would be to much to ask that all of them were late for work yesterday. the Fire Department and Police along with the hospitals are doing fabulous, We have 300 fire fighters and cops missing from the collapse, very sad indeed But this is a tough town, everyone is pitching in and there is no panic or rioting, the Brits would have called it "Resolve," and sad to say all the planning and security in the world would have not stopped this type of attack, they chose a very low tech method that most people would never have had thought of. All I can say fellows is that we will be back as a city and a nation, but it will never be the same. Joe Curto New Yorker

[paulhuck@bellsouth.net]

My comment: I think I have seen so many Hollywood movies and read thriller/spy/terrorist type books that had such a similar theme, that it just doesn't seem real. I enjoy those books and movies, as entertainment, but this is real. I see security here in Birmingham, Alabama, county sheriff cars at the water works lake, Birmingham police in front of selected buildings, churches opening to prayer vigils. With military training in special operations, and several counter-terrorist courses, I am in an analytical mode, following the intelligence collection and tracking the path back to the perpetrators source. As bad as events were, the world will still service. Changes will be caused by recent events, and loved ones can not be replaced. I fear this success will inspire additional actions, of a similar nature. We must kill the weed at the root, not just clip the top leaves off. No civilized nation will support this. Even our enemies do not. Only the renegades who have no home, no country. That is what makes it so hard to strike back, no physical base to attack, just a mobile group that can move from hotel to hotel, land to land. The core leaders must be found, otherwise they remain as heroes to their followers, and they will inspire more of the same. The US is the prime target,but other nations will be at some point also. Right now the initial reaction is shock, then sympathy, next comes resolve to respond, an urgent need to strike back. Intelligence agencies are working hard to disclose the sources. Progress is being made less than 24 hours after the event. We will recover. We can not replace lost souls, or repair crippled victims, but the will of humankind is still there, to stamp out evil wherever it attacks freedom. PTH

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] joecurto@aol.com [b]To:[/b] kelsey@shadetreemotors.com ; jasper@enternet.com.au ; mg-mmm@autox.team.net ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Wednesday, September 12, 2001 1:09 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] News From NYC Well, Guys I guess I should give you all a little update from the man on the street, The mood and tone of the usually brash and boisterous City has been toned down substantially, schools are closed and many people have chose not to go to work, the weather is beautiful as was yesterday. While I personally do not know of anyone who worked at the WTC, I am sure I know of them directly or indirectly, over 50,000 people worked in that complex more than some small towns in this country, it would be to much to ask that all of them were late for work yesterday. the Fire Department and Police along with the hospitals are doing fabulous, We have 300 fire fighters and cops missing from the collapse, very sad indeed But this is a tough town, everyone is pitching in and there is no panic or rioting, the Brits would have called it "Resolve," and sad to say all the planning and security in the world would have not stopped this type of attack, they chose a very low tech method that most people would never have had thought of. All I can say fellows is that we will be back as a city and a nation, but it will never be the same. Joe Curto New Yorker Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.