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9/11 roundup

Notable posts on 9/11.

A number of my regular reads participated in the 2996 project.
Ocean Guy remembers a navy buddy Captain Gerald Deconto.
Crossing the Rubicon honors Christine Barbuto.
The Muqata honors Nancy Morgenstern.
West Bank Mama honors John Pocher.
Colossus of Rhodey honors Michael Hardy Edwards
Seawitch honors Stephen Poulos
Jewish Current Issues honors Ronald T. Kerwin.
Boker Tov Boulder honors Jerry Roger Nussbaum.
AbbaGav honors Angel M. Pabon.
Meryl Yourish honors Abe Zelmanowitz.
Rhyme with Right remembers a former classmate Robert Allan Schlegel.

The New York Times remembered all or most of the 9/11 victims in portraits of grief.

I didn't participate in the 2996 project. I'm not sure if it was out of laziness. Or if it was because my memory was of one who escaped. My brother in law Jonathan Pittinsky worked for TradeWeb located on the 51st floor of the north tower. He escaped.

I called my mother on my cell phone to let her know I was alive; I had her call my wife and the rest of the family. About two blocks from the Twin Towers I heard this horrible, loud noise. I turned around and I could see the South Tower coming down. My instinct was to run as quickly as I could---which I did … past the Brooklyn Bridge. I avoided the dust cloud. I walked north – everyone was walking north – up the east side, then crosstown at 36th, to the New York Waterway at 40th and 12th. The ferry to Hoboken was working; I was getting off the island; if I had to swim the Hudson River, I was going to do it.

Though it was reassuring to hear that Jon had gotten out of the building, it was still nervewracking because it was before the towers fell and we didn't know if he had been too close or not. And of course we were unable to reach him again for several hours.
The detail of Jon's escape that still amazes is that given the lack of ventilation and the number of people escaping the stairwells had gotten quite hot. So the emergency worker broke open soda machines and handed out drinks to the escapees. A fire fighter handed Jon a bottled water on the 21st floor. Jon realized that half and hour or 45 minutes later the man who had extended him such kindness was probably dead.

UPDATE: Pillage Idiot, Sundries Shack, A Blog for All and It's almost Supernatural all wonder if we're up to the fight. Shrinkwrapped does a nice job of pointing out the failure of our political class to frame the challenge adequately.

Daled Amos and Israeli Matzav remember the Arab reaction to 9/11.

Outside the Beltway catalogues the Left's approach to remembering 9/11. Very disillusioning.

Atlas Shrugs, IsraPundit Life of Rubin and Mazel 123 remember how it started.

The Volokh Conspiracy looks how law has changed in the past 5 years. Short story: not much.

Interesting assessments and a roundup at the Counterterrorism blog. A positive assessment from Strategy page.

More roundup later ...

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Posted by SoccerDad at September 12, 2006 5:22 AM | TrackBack