It is now day 2 of this great disaster. Here in NYC things are strange to say the least.
Again it is a BEAUTIFUL day here in the Big Apple...in fact weather wise it doesn't get much nicer. Just like yesterday there is not a cloud in the sky except for the cloud of smoke rising from the disaster site.
I live in the frozen zone below 14th St. There are State Police and barricades at 14th St. blocking access to all non-essential vehicles. If you leave on foot you need ID to get back in. As a result there are wide open and empty streets with people biking and rollerblading. It is so quiet here today that you can hear birds and children laughing from a park a few blocks away. Usually it is so loud here that those sounds can't be heard.
People are having lunch at the few sidewalk restaurants that are open and on the surface it appears as if nothing is wrong.
Then you look south and see the cloud and gapin space where the WTC was and reality hits. As I was walking I had a hard time breathing....it almost felt as if the weight of this disaster is sitting on my chest. I felt small and still do. It feels as if there is nothing that I as one small person can do. I know that there ARE things I can do and as soon as I eat something I am going to go and donate blood. I am also going to the nearby grocery store and getting sandwich stuff and bringing it over to St. vincents Hospital. They have an outdoor triage center and the workers there are running out of food.
I know that things will get back to normal soon.......
Thanks for reading and letting me get some of this emotion out. I'll report again as things begin to change again.
Linda
Again it is a BEAUTIFUL day here in the Big Apple...in fact weather wise it doesn't get much nicer. Just like yesterday there is not a cloud in the sky except for the cloud of smoke rising from the disaster site.
I live in the frozen zone below 14th St. There are State Police and barricades at 14th St. blocking access to all non-essential vehicles. If you leave on foot you need ID to get back in. As a result there are wide open and empty streets with people biking and rollerblading. It is so quiet here today that you can hear birds and children laughing from a park a few blocks away. Usually it is so loud here that those sounds can't be heard.
People are having lunch at the few sidewalk restaurants that are open and on the surface it appears as if nothing is wrong.
Then you look south and see the cloud and gapin space where the WTC was and reality hits. As I was walking I had a hard time breathing....it almost felt as if the weight of this disaster is sitting on my chest. I felt small and still do. It feels as if there is nothing that I as one small person can do. I know that there ARE things I can do and as soon as I eat something I am going to go and donate blood. I am also going to the nearby grocery store and getting sandwich stuff and bringing it over to St. vincents Hospital. They have an outdoor triage center and the workers there are running out of food.
I know that things will get back to normal soon.......
Thanks for reading and letting me get some of this emotion out. I'll report again as things begin to change again.
Linda