Hi John,
There are no words for what has happened. We are all shocked and deeply
feel with the people who became victims of this unbelievable crime.
Please take my deepest sympathy,
Jürgen
John Weiss wrote:
> For all of my non-American friends on the LyX list:
>
> I work in a city called Danbury, about 75 miles northeast of New York
> City. My employer has TV's in the two corporate cafeterias. They
> were all tuned to CNN all day yesterday.
>
> Understand that, though I live outside of The City, I have friends
> and family all over the metropolitan New York area (my family is
> okay, BTW). Since all major roads converge towards Manhattan,
> visiting any of my family means driving past that magnificent New
> York skyline. The Twin Towers always loomed large in my mind. In
> fact, anyone my age who grew up in the NYC area knows and loves those
> two towers. To see them collapse live on TV as I did yesterday is...
> well, I just can't believe they're gone.
>
> In closing, I offer this thought from one of my nation's founders,
> Ben Franklin: "Those who trade Liberty for security will soon find
> that they have neither." The only true guarantee of security is
> vigilance.
>
> Be vigilant, my friends.
