Cell phones ringing...

[one_voice]

:large

[lpbk2713]

1. Some of the callers must be frantic.

I hope they have someone with them when they get confirmation.

[Brickbat]

2. I remember hearing that same story after a train crash.

[Different Drummer]

3. A very chilling thought. n/t

[Recursion]

4. It happened at VA Tech

Pretty much every mass casualty since then, too

[tallahasseedem]

5. This is terrible...

I remember that a lot of the Sandy Hook investigators needed counseling after they completed their work, it might be the case here as well.

[lapfog_1]

6. ground zero on 9/11

I'll never forget the firefighters locator alarms...

[csziggy]

8. Yes, it still haunts me

[msanthrope]

11. Someone had to explain to me what they were. I thought

I was hearing cicadas.

[cyberswede]

7. awful

[UtahLib]

9. What a nightmare for those poor people.

[Behind the Aegis]

10. My mother called.

We aren't even in Florida!

There are lots of friends and families who are in pain.

Of course, there is also the frantic texts and facebook messages sent out by the victims. One was sent to his mother telling her, essentially, he was about to die. My mother would have lost it.