On a plane sitting on the tarmac at Philly. Flight to Dallas was scheduled to take off at 8:47 am. We were third in the queue when the skies were shut down.
Here's a little side note: American Express wanted me to pay for the ticket even though the plane never took off. "You have to remit your unused ticket sir, or else we have to charge you." "They took my ticket when I boarded the flight," I responded. "Then you were on the flight and are responsible for either paying for the flight or returning the ticket." Took months and escalation to my company's travel agent for those bozos to stop insisting I must pay. I still have the boarding pass. And more insight into how we still don't have all the story.
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sfxd 2011/04/07 22:54:59
that day. But thank god she didnt!
Obviously I had no idea what happened around me.
I just remember staring at the tv in disbelief of what I was seeing. Tragic day, was as if the whole world stood still and all sense of time was lost watching that second plane and those buildings coming down. Was a gripping reality -- America isn't untouchable, it can happen here.
I remember the panicked expressions of my parents faces as I snuck out of my bed as young children do. I remember seeing the fire on the buildings on the television. So many years ago, I thought the clouds had turned black, and the buildings were being painted red...my mind couldn't process the tragety that had taken place. Tears filled my eyes but I was unsure why. But now, my heart aches for the losses, and my hatred/confussion burns. Towards who? I am not sure...I can just feel it...I don't like the feeling.
Even at that age, I said nothing. The image will remain in my mind for a long time, it has stuck with me for quite a while now.
Good post sister.
I learned from her how it felt to be cherished and how to love a woman how she needed to be loved not how I wanted to be loved in the hopes she 'got it' and mirrored it back. Seven years later I met a lady who took the reins from JoJo. Had I not experienced those learning lessons from JoJo I would not have believed Cindy's way of loving me was authentic and then I was able to love her the way she needed to be loved and express how I needed to be loved.
More than you wanted or probably cared to know but evidence further that life is a continuum of lessons learned and things do happen for a reason even disasters and trajedy. Downstream in time and life we only hope we can understand the why and wherefore them and apply lessons learned for easier life paths....
Thanks for 'listening' - good therapy for me to say it again... Out