Comments on: What I Saw That Day (September 11th, 2001)

By: Will Entrekin

Will Entrekin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:40:26 +0000

@Wayne: Thanks, man. I don’t know if watching from a safe distance is ‘unfortunate’; as I note, I was vaguely close (only a few miles away) but still watched it on television, mainly.

@Hawk: Me, too, somedays.

By: Hawk

Hawk — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:25:06 +0000

So sad. I remember it like it were yesterday.

By: Wayne Park

Wayne Park — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:48:04 +0000

great post man.
Unfortunately I was too far from home when it happened and all I could do was watch from TV…

By: Will Entrekin

Will Entrekin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:17:53 +0000

@Samantha: impotence is one of the very hardest emotions to cope with. I think it’s part of the reason I wrote about it, and part again of the reason for the donation. Because more than anything else, that day made me want to be able to don a cape, and it’s hard to realize you can’t. Or I can’t, anyway. Or I could, I guess, but that probably doesn’t mean I’d be able to fly.

@Maleesha: well, I don’t speak for everyone–that was what it was like for me. And good post. As for your question; I’m not sure, to be honest.

@Shannon: thanks for the thoughts, brother. It means a lot. Your post finds me well, if reticent, and thanks in no small part to you and everyone else who have been here for me.

@Random: that’d be awesome, thanks. I believe it’s well worth it to get the word out.

By: Randomability

Randomability — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:51:56 +0000

Wow. I plan on linking to my post to yours. I can’t even begin to imagine being in NYC at the time.

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By: shannonyarbrough

shannonyarbrough — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:56:00 +0000

I was thinking about you today, and I’m glad to see others have been too. Our interview was the top post on the LLBR blog yesterday and in 2nd today so far.

No matter where you are today, what you are thinking, or what you are writing, I hope this post finds you well.

-Shannon

By: maleesha

maleesha — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:24:44 +0000

I always wondered what it must have been like to have been there that day. This post was very good. I wrote about my memories of that day too. They say that the fear of terror attacks is now at the lowest point since that day. Is it because we have too many other problems to worry about? Problems that can somewhat be traced back to that fateful day?

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:10:02 +0000

That was amazing, Will. Alma always talks about how you write, and I always think, I will read that blog, but then I don’t. I think you’ve captured the emotion and the feeling of that day. I was far away, and safe, and had to turn the tv off because I was baby sitting, so I can’t imagine how badly it affected you. You reminded me of how to explain why I can’t watch any news channel tonight. Yes, watching the plane hit the towers is painful and sad, but those emotions I can deal with. It is worse that I feel impotent rage that when everything changed that day, I think my voice got smaller and I feel less powerful. That my government hasn’t helped heal this and I’m afraid that the policies that hold the wound open will continue.
Now, let’s see if I can make it through the day without crying.

By: Will Entrekin

Will Entrekin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:36:17 +0000

@Alma: thanks. Here’s to hoping.

@BookAddiction: thanks for that link.

@Chartroose: I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for helping get the word out. And I hope so, too.