[Carolyn Duncan]

Originally posted by Jessica Boucher
Im sorry if this opinion is recoiled with great dissention, but I think Carolyn was literally misinterpreted, due to the great amount of snap judgements made concerning the disaster yesterday (which isn't wrong to have happened, it is a normal reaction to crisis situations).

Anger isn't going to help us right now, it makes us no better than them. What can be found out, is how the American people, in connection with supporting nations, can help repairing the damage done and making sure it won't happen again.

I think the question now is how we as a community, within FIRST and within the world, can help eachother begin the repair process. Personally, if I had started a thread like this, I would not want to start it off with "Ok, so who do you know was directly affected by this?"...we do not know everyone here on such a personal level. Sponsorship is something that everyone within FIRST can relate to, which I think is why it was chosen as a topic of discussion.

In any case, the question remains in my head: How can I help? How can we help?

Thanks Jess,
That was what I was going for. I realize the country is experiencing a great loss right now, I myself am waiting to hear from friends in NYC. Right now the loss of life is on everyone's minds. In my opinion that is not the only thing we should be thinking about. We also have to prepare ourselves for the financial hole we are about to find ourselves in. The WTC was the, I dare say, financial center of the country. There is much to worry about from every angle. I recieved an email that I will post tomorrow. It is an editorial from a Canada newspaper. Anyway, I would like to share something that I was reminded of by Joe Ross. "In the city of God there will be a great thunder, two brothers torn apart by chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succomb. The third big war will begin when the city is burning." ~ Nostrodamus 1654 [thanx for reminding me Joe] I think that speaks for itself. I also know, from friends in Euope, that this has many counrties ready to help us retaliate. They are scared too and want to help. I think this will be a great change in the world and all the people who served in WWI and II will no longer be able to say we don't understand what they fought for.