Yesterday's tragedy

[JSchaffner <jschaffner@IGC.ORG>]

Thank you to the many LM_NET members who have sent messages of support.
Although ordinarily I would be no where near the WTC, yesterday I
started jury duty and probably just missed by 10 minutes coming out of
the subway station just above the WTC. I walked over to the court house
and went and registered for jury duty totally unaware of what was going
on 5 blocks away. We were dismissed at 9:30 and when I exited the
building I could see the towers burning (unbelievable and horrible). I
joined the throngs walking north .  To make a long story short I got
home safely in northern Manattan by 3 p.m. after bumping into an old
friend who was waiting for his wife to pick him up. THey gave me a ride
home. Amazingly, my son, who is a student at Stuyvesant H.S., just 3
blocks north of the WTC, did not go to school yesterday morning because
he was a volunteer on a political campaign (yesterday was our primary -
now cancelled). I actually did not want him to miss classes. (I'm so
glad a stubborn 17 yr. old prevailed!).

When school reopens, I will be at a new school. My last day at my old
school was Monday. I have no idea how we will handle talking to the
students about this.

Judith Schaffner
Librarian
I.S. 201
Bronx, NY
jscchaffner@igc.org

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