If I had not had the freedom to use the Internet to contact my family, they would not have known that my daughter and I were alive. They thought I still worked in the World Trade Center. Actually, my daughter was working 500 paces from the South Tower.
This is why I believe that the President Obama's move to give away 'control of the Internet' to any other country is a very bad move. Read http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/new-pushback-over-obamas-internet-giveaway/
As I was purging some old files, I found the following. Only names and personal information have been removed. Note: Some memories are so important, you just can't throw them away.
Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 8:19am
Subject: RE: T**** and I are OK!
Importance: High
C****,
I hope this is your e-mail address. T**** called me. She worked a block from World Trade. She is in a co-worker’s (T. K.) apartment at
23rd and 2nd. I
told her to stay there unless she’s evacuated.
T**’s address is *******. Just in
case, his phone number is 654*******.
My building is in lock-down. A friend, S****, from Merrill Lynch called
me to say I should go to her house on First Ave. S****’s home phone is 212*******. All transportation has been shut down so I
guess I’ll be in this building unless something else happens.
Will contact you, hopefully tonight.
Love,
Mom
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 9:24 am
Subject: RE: T**** and I are OK!
Thank God for e-mail…. Love, Mom
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 10:18 am
Subject: RE: T**** and I are OK!
Subject: RE: T**** and I are OK!
A*****,
Subject: T**** and I
are OK!
Importance: High
I can’t use long-distance and can’t get out of NYC. Please call your sisters and let them know T****
and I are ok.
T**** left me a phone message after everything
happened. She is very shaken up. She told me she was going home. I don’t know how since I hear that Manhattan
has been closed.
Love,
Mom
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 11:58 am
From: C****
Thanks for the message! I’m very relieved you are both OK! E-mail data as necessary.
Love,
C****
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 12:36 pm
From: C****
The phone number for T****’s friend is wrong. Do you have another? I called B**** and B**** and told them you two
are O.K. and may stay with friends in the city.
Love,
C****
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 12:53 pm
Subject: RE: T**** and I are OK!
C****,
I just spoke with her (646*******) Droves of people are walking the
streets. My company has offered me a
hotel room. I’m waiting to hear. If I get it T**** will stay with me. T**** is worried that Dad doesn’t know she’s all
right. Please let him know.
Love,
Mom
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 12:56 pm
Subject: RE: T**** and I are OK!
C****,
You may not be able to get T****. The long distance is not working everywhere.
Love,
Mom
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 1:16 pm
From: C****
I spoke with Dad. He
now knows you two are OK. Aunt B is the
only phone number I don’t have. Hang in
there.
In case you don’t know the first WTC building was hit by a
737, the second WTC building was hit by another 737 about 18 minutes later, the
Pentagon was hit by a plane as well. A
fourth crashed outside Camp David. So
far, the airlines report 4 planes hijacked.
All airlines across the country are shut down and international flights
diverted outside the country. The first
WTC building is pretty much destroyed, it collapsed a short while after the top
half of the second building collapsed.
We will figure out who is responsible and eventually get
them for this.
I love you,
C****
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 2:29 pm
From: C****
Mom,
What is your work phone number? I just called T**** at her friend’s and he
said she had left to meet you.
C****
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 1:24 pm
Subject: RE: T**** and I are OK!
Subject: RE: T**** and I are OK!
C****,
I spoke with Aunt B.
My company’s offer of a hotel room is fading fast. No one wants to leave the rooms they have
since they can’t travel anywhere. I will
either stay overnight in my office building or make my way down to the Sandy’s
apartment on ****** St. I told T**** if
I get the room, she can come to me.
Otherwise, she has to stay where she is for now.
Metro North has opened up but one of the managers called
me to say that there has been a threat to Grand Central as well. Just waiting and praying for all the people.
Love,
Mom
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 2:39 pm
Subject: Re: Sending love and prayers
Hi Mom,
I know it will be difficult to reach you by phone, but I
thought I would send an email. It was good to find out that you and T**** are
okay. Hard to imagine that something
like this can strike so close to home.
We are thinking of you and T****. If you do happen to speak with her, please
let he know that we send our love.
With love and prayers,
H****
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Sent: Tuesday,
September 11, 2001 2:42 pm
Subject: Re: Sending love and prayers
Thanks, H****,
T**** just
arrived. We will attempt to get to Metro North.
Hopefully, we’ll get on a train.
Love,
Mom
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Sent: September 13,
2001 5:05 pm
Subject: Re: Sending love and prayers
Subject: Re: Sending love and prayers
H****,
Sorry, I never get to speak with you. However, it so special for me to hear from
you when I needed it.
Love,
Mom
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Sent: September 13,
2001 11:47 am
Subject: Sending love
and prayers
Good Morning.
C**** told me that you had gone back to work, and I couldn’t
believe it! How are you doing? I would imagine that you are still in shock
and slowly processing the events of this week.
Please be careful and feel free to call us at any time to talk with
either C**** or with me.
Love,
H****
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Sent: September
14, 2001 1:10 pm
Subject: Sending love
and prayers
Hi H****,
It’s a bit nerve-wracking. Buildings are sporadically evacuated. Not ours, though. The mood everywhere is somber. My train was only about 40% full this morning
(not normal).
My safe-haven providers (S**** & husband) left a message
for me at 6:00 am today. They left the
City for a few days. S**** said that
will all the sirens and emergency vehicles, they couldn’t get any sleep. We had worked together at Merrill Lynch in
one of the World Financial Center (World Trade) buildings.
Just pray for the poor people who haven’t heard anything
from their loved ones and the rescue workers.
Will talk again,
Love,
Mom
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If you agree that the Internet should remain under United States' control, contact Congress today. I believe the schedule for relinquishing control is October 1, 2016.
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