Dear Lynne Your story brought tears to my eyes. Personal experiences like yours are the ones which really bring home the great tragedy that is happening in America right now. Here in Australia all the tv channels have been continuously broadasting scenes from New York, Washington, etc. since it all started. We are also getting lots of information from the radio. Again the personal stories like that of an Australian who witnessed the New York incident up close and felt that he had a narrow escape gave a perspective that television cannot. We don't know how many Australians have died but no doubt there will be some and other nationalities as well. We grieve for all those who have lost their lives and sympathise with the injured and bereaved. Americans must be greatly admired for the way they are coping with this horrific incident. Mary Thit, Melbourne, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Ranieri" <LKRanieri@home.com> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:05 AM Subject: [BOWER] CHAT: From our NYC-area community > My neighbors are going door-to-door, to see if we have all heard from > our husbands, most of whom work in the Wall Street area. I said I had > heard from mine and asked if she knew of anyone who hadn't. She hung > her head and nodded, "Yes". It seems the family around the corner has a > dad who works on the top floor of one of the towers that collapsed...and > it is presumed that those children have lost their father and the wife > her companion. > The neighbor right next door came over an hour ago, with red-rimmed > eyes. Her husband works in the building right next door and she, the > mother of two babies, had not been able to reach him. I sat with her > until the blessed phone call came...he was OK and got out safely. > The neighborhood is eeriely silent. No planes going to or coming > from Newark airport...not even much vehicular traffic...a silence > everywhere for the thousands and thousands that are gone or suffering... > > Lynne > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the Bower discussion list, send them to > BOWER-L@rootsweb.com >