Month: September 2001
The Secret Service seems to be eyeing me nervously
“As I write this, I am sitting in the green grass across from the United Unions building on New York Avenue in Washington DC. I am only a block from the White House. There are currently two layers of security around the White House from what I can see. There is an outer layer has…
1970 to 1977. Demolished by terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
“The structural system, deriving from the I.B.M. Building in Seattle, is impressively simple. The 208-foot wide facade is, in effect, a prefabricated steel lattice, with columns on 39-inch centers acting as wind bracing to resist all overturning forces; the central core takes only the gravity loads of the building. A very light, economical structure results…
If you see this man walking around the city, please let me know…
“Still no word from my father. I just went outside and heard a plane overhead. On most days that would be a pretty normal thing. Today I wondered what was going on on that plane. A friend was coming to visit from Florida for the weekend. Now that’s off. It’s just beginning to sink in…
Amazing amazing stuff. It’s terrifying. We are all in shock.
“I just got back. I just drove five Polish tourists that were walking down the street asking people for directions to the hospital
Do you know if I still have a home?
“We are aware of our vulnerabilities now. We knew these things before, but we didn’t feel them. We knew about the security tests at airport after airport that exposed shortcomings, in which laughably underpaid and undertrained personnel were expected to protect us. Now we see those shortcomings in action. We feel them. We knew about…
I’m going to have one hell of a hangover, let’s put it that way
“Declaring that he ‘heals up pretty damn good,’ a 58-year-old Charleston man refused medical attention after drunkenly careening Friday afternoon into the front of the Kanawha County Public Library.”
Recycled celebrities creating a flea-market frenzy of nostalgie
“Remember last autumn, when New Yorkers felt omnipotent? We had the Subway Series, a frothy, yeasty Dow, frilly, feminine fashions, serious steaks at restaurants, a Mayor who was boldly stepping out with his mistress (how French!). We were playing handball inside our lofts, the better half of Hollywood was relocating to Tribeca, women in their…
He failed to think through the toll this study would take on its recipients
“It had no date, no reference to anything suspicious. There were so many things that stood out indicating a scam.”
Why I want to go to the United Kingdom
“But why is he so fixed on England? Why not apply for asylum in France? Samir likes the French but like so many at the camp, he believes in an almost mythical sense of British tolerance. He also has contacts in Britain and he speaks the language. But there are other reasons too. His university…