Title: Plane down in NY
Post by: dedlered on November 12, 2001, 04:27:38 pm
The news here has just reported an AA flight to the Dominican Republic has crashed in Queen's. 260 people on board....... My prayers to them and their families...
Laura
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Title: Re: Plane down in NY
Post by: donnap99 on November 12, 2001, 04:34:53 pm
I get "CNN Breaking News" e-mails, so I about choked on my cocoa when I read it... can't get to CNN's web site, but DH is home this morning and reports are that this does not appear to have been a terrorist attack.
Even so... how awful! My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who were injured or worse, and, AGAIN, to the NYFD & NYPD as well.
DonnaP99
Even so... how awful! My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who were injured or worse, and, AGAIN, to the NYFD & NYPD as well.
DonnaP99
Title: Re: Plane down in NY
Post by: aberdeensecretaries on November 12, 2001, 04:39:55 pm
Just heard the awful news.......
Believe an engine fell off, but will wait for further reports.
Pam
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Believe an engine fell off, but will wait for further reports.
Pam
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Title: Re: Plane down in NY
Post by: goldenearring on November 12, 2001, 08:42:15 pm
Unfortunately, the neighborhoods which were hit by the falling debris happen to be the neighborhoods where most of the firefighters/police who were lost in the WTC attacks had lived. Enough already. God have mercy on us all.
Title: Re: Plane down in NY
Post by: mightymouse on November 13, 2001, 12:54:38 am
Fortunately, engines do not just fall off of jets, so it will be interesting to see what they determine was the cause. I have my own suspicions which, in the interest of sanity, I will keep to myself. What a frightening ordeal for the already troubled people in that NY neighborhood!
Title: Re: Plane down in NY
Post by: kittie on November 13, 2001, 09:52:33 am
Just wanted to say my thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in this terrible accident.
Title: Re: Planes
Post by: laundryhater on November 15, 2001, 03:45:55 pm
I had a very rude and scary awakening this morning. The sound of a low-flying plane over my apartment building (of which I live on the top floor). But it sounded like it was headed straight for my window. Scared me so badly I couldn't get back to sleep. It was so loud and so close. All I could think about was all the terrorist highjacked planes crashing into buildings.
Title: Re: Planes
Post by: chris68 on November 15, 2001, 04:00:26 pm
Laundryhater,
We get those every now and again at our place too, they fly so low they almost shake the house and we are about 10-15 minutes away from the airport. I guess it depends on weather conditions and where they are coming in from cause it doesn't happen on a regular basis.
Know what ya mean though, when you hear them fly in so low like that it makes you wonder and a bit uneasy.
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We get those every now and again at our place too, they fly so low they almost shake the house and we are about 10-15 minutes away from the airport. I guess it depends on weather conditions and where they are coming in from cause it doesn't happen on a regular basis.
Know what ya mean though, when you hear them fly in so low like that it makes you wonder and a bit uneasy.
Chris68
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Title: Re: Planes
Post by: donnap99 on November 15, 2001, 05:27:13 pm
I still have a 1-second panic every time I hear a helecopter coming to the hospital, which is just across the street from my building, where I'm on the top floor.
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Title: Re: Planes
Post by: spitfire78 on November 15, 2001, 06:39:54 pm
I know exactly what you all mean. I live in a semi-rural area. I had a scare a few weeks ago. It was after dark and I heard a low-flying, fast-moving plane. I just stopped what I was doing and literally held my breath for the few seconds it took to pass overhead. Just had time to breathe a sigh of relief, and HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE!! I realized then that they must have been military planes, but it scared the sh** out of me for those few seconds. When I told a friend what happened and said that I felt I was becoming paranoid, her response was, "You and the rest of America!!". I guess it's only natural that we feel that way. I hope in time we can hear a plane overhead and NOT have these thoughts. But I guess it will just take time.
Title: Re: Planes
Post by: countrigal on November 15, 2001, 08:58:05 pm
I had a similiar experience the other morning. Hubby was showering, I'm waiting my turn and hear a helicopter. You know the type, the large military gun and trasnport type. Where we live is so out of their regular flight path that hearing not only 1 but 7 of them, circle the area was enough to make me pause. They were flying in a formation that reminded me of a round-up, like they were trying to move in on something/someone without thier knowing it, and from all directions. I wasn't so much worried about them hitting my house as I was of what they might mean. Who/what were they "hunting", and were they now flying circuits over our house in a defense of something? Hubby and I put it down to an excercise by one of the National Guard units and went on with our day, but for a bit there it was a weird feeling.
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Title: Re: Planes
Post by: workerbee2 on November 15, 2001, 10:07:09 pm
The building I work in is close to our municipal airport (not a large one) and the runways are (apparently) not very long. A lot of the planes come in as low as possible and sound like they're going to take our roof with them. And our building is only two stories high! However, a couple of years ago, one the planes DID hit an apartment building across the street from us (another 2 story building). The pilot was killed, but no one in the apartment building was injured.
So, if it sounds like a plane is literally on your roof, it could actually be!
"Live each day as though it is your last."
Elaine
So, if it sounds like a plane is literally on your roof, it could actually be!
"Live each day as though it is your last."
Elaine
Title: Re: Planes
Post by: chris68 on November 15, 2001, 10:40:32 pm
Now with all this concern about airplanes, does this mean you will not get in one at the present time?
I know I've been reluctant to fly and it's mostly a money issue with me. But if the opportunity presented itself to where I can fly and either go visit someone or on a business trip, I wouldn't hesitate. Would you?
I would just be cautions of where I flew into. For example, bossie didn't want to fly to Luguardia today, understandable. But it didn't stop him from flying.
What are your thoughts?
Chris68
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I know I've been reluctant to fly and it's mostly a money issue with me. But if the opportunity presented itself to where I can fly and either go visit someone or on a business trip, I wouldn't hesitate. Would you?
I would just be cautions of where I flew into. For example, bossie didn't want to fly to Luguardia today, understandable. But it didn't stop him from flying.
What are your thoughts?
Chris68
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Title: Re: Planes
Post by: blufire21 on November 15, 2001, 11:01:44 pm
I personally have never flew, and now that all of this stuff has happended, I don't think I ever hill. Give me a bus, car, train, or boat. Never a plane.
Ellen (Yes I know I'm chicken) in TX
Ellen (Yes I know I'm chicken) in TX
Title: Re: Planes
Post by: bethalize on November 15, 2001, 11:31:34 pm
Ha! Prices have come down so much that we're looking at taking a trip. Got to support the economy 
.
When it's time, you go. I know we can do things to minimize the risk of dying, such as not jumping off cliffs, but I don't want to live my life watching out for something that will probably come when I least expect it.
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.When it's time, you go. I know we can do things to minimize the risk of dying, such as not jumping off cliffs, but I don't want to live my life watching out for something that will probably come when I least expect it.
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Title: Re: Planes
Post by: goldenearring on November 16, 2001, 01:12:03 am
Ellen, please fly, because that fear spills over into other areas of life. You seem like too good of a person to let that happen to you. In any case, you've certainly got to be a patient person, if you'd be willing to drive or take a train all the way across Texas to get anywhere! That is one, big, honkin' State y'all have got down there.