Someone please, explain this one to me... I'm just at a complete loss...
The New York Times (and no... I am not going to link over to them... if you want to get there, I'm not going to help you find the idiots) has just won a lawsuit to get the transcripts of the Port Authority of NY/NJ call center, and radio center traffic from 9/11/01... For those that may not know, the Port Authority provided police and on site fire fighting for the Twin Towers... They also administrated various other aspects like elevator operaters, maintenence etc... What exactly does the Times think they are going to find in those logs?.. The relitives of those Port Authority workers that lost their lives have not in many case seen these transcripts yet... They will get the treat of possibly seeing it in the Times first... I simply can not figure out this one... Somehow, I just feel that they just do not need to get their hands on something that can potentially cause so much pain to people who have already lost so much... I would love to beleave that they will handle the information with some respect... Unfortunatly I simply don't trust them one little bit...
I will never forget that day... I was fortunate in knowing only a small number of victems, and those only just in passing now and again... I doubt that anyone around this area needs to be reminded of the heroisim of the emergency workers, the amazeing loss and the tremendous shock we all felt... I grew up in north Jersey, and I've been around the city my whole life... People are still suffering from that day around the NY/NJ/Conn area as well as down in DC and out in PA... I don't want to forget it... but I sure do not need the damn Times dragging up the old ragged memories... The people around here are tough, and resiliant, but come on... Just leave the transcripts alone...
Sorry if that is all rather dis-jointed... I'm just pissed, and quite honestly, I don't feel like playing editor today on my own post...
Posted by Backstage at August 28, 2003 07:48 PM