email831.xml
Title
email831.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2002-09-12
September 11 Email: Body
Class,
I'm hoping and praying that we and all our loved ones are safe and secure on this terrible day.
(Yes, I'm okay. My family is safe. Even my brother in law who works in NYC some of the time didn't leave New Jersey this morning, thank you God.) I'm completely freaked that two of the planes came from Logan in Boston. What is WRONG with our security systems???? And why was that plane allowed to fly in the restricted airspace over the Pentagon? I've definitely done way too much research on terrorism -- I know way too much and CNN isn't answering my
questions!!!! Grrrr. Believe it or not, the most informative speaker on CNN this morning was Tom Clancy. He wasn't afraid to state his opinions.)
I write about terrorism, but I couldn't have dreamed up something this devastating. As Americans, we've never faced a tragedy of this magnitude on our own soil. We've got to pull together now, and show the world what we're
made of -- first making sure that our injured and survivors are cared for and that the rest of us are safe. Second, we need to make sure that we don't lash out blindly in retaliation. Let's find out who did this and make sure
it never happens again.
I know this is off topic, but I felt this couldn't go unmentioned, and I think we need to talk about this, so the ban on this off-topic conversation has been lifted for today at least. Just make sure you put something in the
heading so that people can filter out this discussion from the regular class discussion.
I just sent email to the coordinators, to see if we can't figure out some kind of check-in system to make sure everyone in the class is safe. Don't check in just yet -- but watch for some kind of message regarding a check in
over the next few hours, please.
-- Suz
Note: My name is Suzanne Brockmann, and I'm an author of romantic suspense novels. In fact, I write an award-winning series of books about a U.S. Navy SEAL counterterrorism team. I've been writing about SEALs and terrorism since 1995. And two weeks before 9/11, my book OVER THE EDGE was released -- it is about terrorists who hijack a commercial airliner. In September, 2001, I was teaching an on line writing class -- done all through email. There were over 500 people in the class and they lived all over the world, including NYC and the DC area. I live in Boston and fly out of Logan all the time, and since many people in my class knew that I was actively promoting OVER THE EDGE, I received a great number of emails, concerned for my safety from people who feared I might have been on one of those planes.
The email above is my message to the entire class.
I'm hoping and praying that we and all our loved ones are safe and secure on this terrible day.
(Yes, I'm okay. My family is safe. Even my brother in law who works in NYC some of the time didn't leave New Jersey this morning, thank you God.) I'm completely freaked that two of the planes came from Logan in Boston. What is WRONG with our security systems???? And why was that plane allowed to fly in the restricted airspace over the Pentagon? I've definitely done way too much research on terrorism -- I know way too much and CNN isn't answering my
questions!!!! Grrrr. Believe it or not, the most informative speaker on CNN this morning was Tom Clancy. He wasn't afraid to state his opinions.)
I write about terrorism, but I couldn't have dreamed up something this devastating. As Americans, we've never faced a tragedy of this magnitude on our own soil. We've got to pull together now, and show the world what we're
made of -- first making sure that our injured and survivors are cared for and that the rest of us are safe. Second, we need to make sure that we don't lash out blindly in retaliation. Let's find out who did this and make sure
it never happens again.
I know this is off topic, but I felt this couldn't go unmentioned, and I think we need to talk about this, so the ban on this off-topic conversation has been lifted for today at least. Just make sure you put something in the
heading so that people can filter out this discussion from the regular class discussion.
I just sent email to the coordinators, to see if we can't figure out some kind of check-in system to make sure everyone in the class is safe. Don't check in just yet -- but watch for some kind of message regarding a check in
over the next few hours, please.
-- Suz
Note: My name is Suzanne Brockmann, and I'm an author of romantic suspense novels. In fact, I write an award-winning series of books about a U.S. Navy SEAL counterterrorism team. I've been writing about SEALs and terrorism since 1995. And two weeks before 9/11, my book OVER THE EDGE was released -- it is about terrorists who hijack a commercial airliner. In September, 2001, I was teaching an on line writing class -- done all through email. There were over 500 people in the class and they lived all over the world, including NYC and the DC area. I live in Boston and fly out of Logan all the time, and since many people in my class knew that I was actively promoting OVER THE EDGE, I received a great number of emails, concerned for my safety from people who feared I might have been on one of those planes.
The email above is my message to the entire class.
September 11 Email: Date
9/11/01 1:05:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time
September 11 Email: Subject
Prayers and sorrow
Collection
Citation
“email831.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed November 30, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/38038.