[geeks] Reflections on terror, pain, and airlines.

[Peter L. Wargo]

I just arrived home from the bay area last night, and woke up to something
that wasn't Howard Stern this AM.

We dashed (I more or less hobbled) out to the living room, just in time to
watch the replay of the second airliner crashing into the trade towers, 
and watched live in horror as the second tower collapsed.  I felt like
howling my pain and rage.  I could see the pentagon as a target, but
the cold-blooded destruction of so many innocent lives just about
tripped my mental breakers.

Some thoughts:

1) Rudy G is an awesome mayor, I like how he told people who thought
they would profiteer that they wouldn't get away with it.

2) I truly thought that the children today would grow up in a happier
world, now that the cold war is over.  Not so, it seems.

3) As a former resident of NY state, and having travelled to NYC countless
times, I cannot believe the trade center is gone.

4) I hope we catch whoever did this, and kill them.  I hate violence, but
those with that much disregard for human life do not derserve to live.  

5) Explosives on the GW bridge?

I am stunned.  I stayed home today, as by the time I was ready to leave,
San Diego traffic was a mess as they closed everything and put security
around the bases.  I have never felt this kind of mental agony...
Something about watching those buildings collapse hurt me more than I
expected, and I have seen much over the years. 

I pray to whatever powers are out there that this never happens again.

_pete