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Showing Original Post only (View all)Tell me about your 9/11. [View all]
It was my first day as a practicing therapist. I was working at an agency in an area south of Seattle. Being West Coast, Mr. Bear and I had gotten up, were showering and I turned on The Today Show to see the first tower breeched and a lot of confusion as to what was happening. We sat there and watched the horror unfold.
Ive always been a politics and journalism junkieits no coincidence Im on DUand something about a lost and frightened sounding reporter or anchor wrenches me. They were so lost that morning. When that second plane hit, and we all saw, it was almost too much to take in. I know how the overwhelmed mind shuts down. What you cannot bear, you disbelieve. But it doesnt last.
The drive to the agency was astounding. It was a long one. Ill never forget how all, ALL of us driving looked at one another and knew we were thinking the same thing. How? How?
Few patients showed up that day. We sat and watched the news, me among strangers who werent strangers because we all thought with one mind. How?
Im not sure we even know the answer to that question as it applies to our disasters today. We go do shallow in our questioning, and move on so fast.