LeoCasey at aol.com wrote:
> I don't know if this is getting through, so I am sending it again, a bit by
> a bit. We are all safe. Shannon and Sherraine are in school in Brooklyn .
> However, Winsome, Sandia and I get caught in the middle of it. We were
> taking Sandia to the doctor for an ear infection and an asthma attack, and
> as we are going into the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Sandia says look at all
> that smoke. Winsome says, "I see some flames." About a third of the way
> through the tunnel, we hear on the radio that a plane has hit the World
> Trade Center. Traffic slows almost to a stop; not surprising, since the
> Tunnel exits right at the foot of the WTO. Two-thirds of the way, the guy
> on the radio says that a second plane hit, and right away we knew something
> was up. When we finally get out of the tunnel, I make our way to the
> eastern part of the island as quickly as I can. About ten blocks away from
> the WTC, we hear a noise, and see people start running. I think oh no, a
> third plane. A huge cloud of dust appears in back of us, and billows down
> the road as people run like crazy. It surrounds the car, and it is
> impossible to see. The dust is falling like volcanic ash, for four or five
> minutes we are driving with no visibility. Winsome and Sandia started to
> panic, but I managed to get them to stay in the card, where at least you
> could breathe. Slowly, it cleared, and we made our way uptown. We are now
> at the UFT offices; I parked the car on the street by the doctor's, since
> we can't get out of Manhattan, and there is no point in clogging the roads.
> Sandia, who is sleeping on the floor next to me, and Winsome were quite
> traumatized; I am too numb to know how I feel -- just grateful at this
> point that I managed to keep my head, and that we all are safe.
>
> I don't know how to process this -- thousands of people dead no doubt. I
> remember seeing ambulances and fire trucks rush by us in the tunnel, and
> wonder how many are dead now...
>
> .