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electric_blue68

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17. you might appreciate this...
Sat May 1, 2021, 02:14 AM
May 2021

Decades before 9-11 I worked in Tower 2 of the WTC on the 73rd floor.

I'v been on mountains including as a passenger on a motorcycle previous to that job. I'm afraid of a car I'm in going off the road vs being high up.

When I took the subway to work I could go from station into the below ground shopping "basement" right into the elevator.

I had no problem walking right up to the windows at my
first lunch break to glory in the view! But ...

From the Monday I started ... it took me till that Friday to be able to get out of the subway onto the street
walk across the big plaza looking at the building towering upppppwards, and walk into the ground floor lobby to take two elevators to the 73rd floor.

I love take off & landings on a plane. It's staying safely up in all that main flight that gets me! Luckily on my longest flight ?8 hrs I had some meds to calm me down. 👍

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With my luck, the Deatheaters would come swooshing by, Ilsa Apr 2021 #1
That would just bring some additional excitement! mysteryowl Apr 2021 #2
They're everywhere... NurseJackie Apr 2021 #10
Whoa! Demovictory9 Apr 2021 #3
well thats another bridge I'll never set foot on. sdfernando Apr 2021 #4
Chicken! mysteryowl Apr 2021 #5
yeah...thing is that I could do it if I really wanted to....but sdfernando Apr 2021 #6
Can you use a ladder? mysteryowl Apr 2021 #7
Yes, to a certain point. sdfernando Apr 2021 #8
Hang in there ---- mysteryowl Apr 2021 #9
you might appreciate this... electric_blue68 May 2021 #17
Me too.....terrified of heights. pidge Apr 2021 #13
Oh hell no! I was getting sick at my stomach just watching that! blueinredohio Apr 2021 #11
No way in hell. bamagal62 Apr 2021 #12
Nope. SeattleVet Apr 2021 #14
Not on my bucket list, thank you very much. PatrickforB Apr 2021 #15
No thanks, I'll take the stairs. nt Ilsa Apr 2021 #16
Yikes! And I have issues with driving over an especially long bridge in my car! Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #18
I wonder why so many people are afraid of heights? mysteryowl May 2021 #19
I -might- be able to do that but... electric_blue68 May 2021 #20
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