Woke up, turned on my computer, looked at the slashdot headline, froze my neurons, turned on the TV in time to see the awful image of the second plane smashing into the towers – some unbelieving part of my brain said “this has to be CG footage” before footage of the towers collapsing and the chaos made it real.
Work felt silly – most people didn’t come in.
Felt strangely detached all day – not worried, frightened, or angry, just – numb.
Sounds like my four cousins who are in NY are okay, mom checked in on them. One of them (“Gong” is his Chinese name, my mom’s brother’s son – I can’t remember what his English name is) was working in a building right next to the WTC.
6:00 PM: George W. Bush just said: “We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts, and those who harbor them.” In other words: “We’re going to nuke them til they glow.” We are doomed to war. I’m now scared shitless.
