email680.xml
Title
email680.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2002-09-08
September 11 Email: Body
Howdy. Back at work this morning, although it was
just announced that we have a mass meeting in the
conference room in five minutes. Being 60 miles from
NYC, and being a publisher (when all of our comrades
work in NYC), we feel especially affected by all of
this.
I haven't spoken to my boss directly yet, but she was
on the runway at Newark yesterday when the shit
started, and saw the explosions from there. But she
got home in one piece and is here now.
I had the TV on until I went to bed at 12:00. Ray and
I were on the phone for 2 1/2 hours, sometimes just
watching CNN together, usually commentating and asking
all the rhetorical questions, and ranting and raving
in general.
Back from the meeting. Just a "rally the troops" sort
of thing.
I had been thinking about Mike, and he called me at
7:30. More ranting and raving. He was pretty shaken
up at the prospect of 200 firefighters missing (didn't
seem as concerned about the cops!). He and Gina came
back from the Bahamas Monday night and he said he was
admiring the skyline from the plane. So much for
that.
As I was telling Ray, I always get lost in the
Village, and in downtown Manhattan in general.
Usually the only way I know which direction I'm
heading is to look for the twin towers. When you're
driving anywhere west or east of Manhattan, they're
all you can see. It was amazing how tall they were.
I can't imagine them not being there. And I know this
is nothing compared to the millions of people who see
them every single day. I'm glad I did make it up
there to the top once.
It will be interesting to see how things change after
this. And it will be interesting to see how we
retaliate. I can't imagine anyone not being in favor
of a (carefully planned, of course) very bloody
action.
Anyway....
I've spent most of the morning here with art,
production, and the author on the phone discussing how
to bring the Osama bin Laden book up to date. What a
mess.
Talk to you later.
just announced that we have a mass meeting in the
conference room in five minutes. Being 60 miles from
NYC, and being a publisher (when all of our comrades
work in NYC), we feel especially affected by all of
this.
I haven't spoken to my boss directly yet, but she was
on the runway at Newark yesterday when the shit
started, and saw the explosions from there. But she
got home in one piece and is here now.
I had the TV on until I went to bed at 12:00. Ray and
I were on the phone for 2 1/2 hours, sometimes just
watching CNN together, usually commentating and asking
all the rhetorical questions, and ranting and raving
in general.
Back from the meeting. Just a "rally the troops" sort
of thing.
I had been thinking about Mike, and he called me at
7:30. More ranting and raving. He was pretty shaken
up at the prospect of 200 firefighters missing (didn't
seem as concerned about the cops!). He and Gina came
back from the Bahamas Monday night and he said he was
admiring the skyline from the plane. So much for
that.
As I was telling Ray, I always get lost in the
Village, and in downtown Manhattan in general.
Usually the only way I know which direction I'm
heading is to look for the twin towers. When you're
driving anywhere west or east of Manhattan, they're
all you can see. It was amazing how tall they were.
I can't imagine them not being there. And I know this
is nothing compared to the millions of people who see
them every single day. I'm glad I did make it up
there to the top once.
It will be interesting to see how things change after
this. And it will be interesting to see how we
retaliate. I can't imagine anyone not being in favor
of a (carefully planned, of course) very bloody
action.
Anyway....
I've spent most of the morning here with art,
production, and the author on the phone discussing how
to bring the Osama bin Laden book up to date. What a
mess.
Talk to you later.
September 11 Email: Date
September 12, 2001
September 11 Email: Subject
Re: Unbelievable
Collection
Citation
“email680.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 6, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/38036.