tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379145335165821479.post7548587027977027637..comments2024-01-11T17:16:38.734-05:00Comments on Dock Six Chronicles: The Wound is Still Raw, 11 Years On.Dock Six Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03597255314638510360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379145335165821479.post-23775120386088346632012-09-21T20:00:17.390-04:002012-09-21T20:00:17.390-04:00A very large number of ordinary people did an extr...A very large number of ordinary people did an extrodinary thing that day. I would not discount anyone for their efforts. People rose to the situation that they were presented with, either in the air, on the ground, on the water on in the towers. <br /><br />We should all be very proud of all the efforts of those that did what needed to be done that day.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379145335165821479.post-12989102164089330052012-09-13T23:26:26.176-04:002012-09-13T23:26:26.176-04:00I think I am prouder of the working fellows who go...I think I am prouder of the working fellows who got most of an Atlantic's daily passenger jet traffic safely down in Gander (and everyone on those planes fed and bedded without fuss) than I am of the Dunkirk-type fording of the Hudson in one of the largest, richest cities in the world.<br /><br />I don't discount their efforts or their bravery: they didn't know if further attacks, or poison gas or even a nuke was going to follow, but what the Newfoundlanders did involved getting many thousands safely on the ground, too, and should also be celebrated, in my view.<br /><br />My views may be reflective of the stories I heard growing up from my father bombed out twice in the London Blitz, who then became an (illegally young) merchant seaman at the height of the U-boat wolf packs. I suppose the lottery win is that I am here to write this, given the appalling attrition my father saw at first hand. It's given me a somewhat tempered view on sudden tragedy, perhaps.Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.com