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    This is the Lockheed Constellation, the most glorious airplane ever to grace the skies. You may be lucky enough to have flown one of these commercially; certainly if your grandmother flew commercially, she flew on a Connie. There are not many left today that are still whole; there are fewer still that are flying. If you've a mind to go to the EAA Airshow in Oshkosh, WI this summer, you can see a Connie for yourself.
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11 September 2006

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Really well written, Liz.
I do that 'watch the plane over Manhattan' thing too.
It's too hard because it's so random. it could have been anybody. Just a roll of the dice. No way to know that you'd go to work on a Tues. just minding your own business and then that's it. game over. Not like you joined the Army & they sent you to war & well, that's the risk of going to war.
It was so utterly over the top. Completely ridiculous in it's size & measure. So profoundly unbelievable. I don't think I'll ever really be able to get my head around it.

Liz
This is a very well written piece. It breaks my heart to read and hear accounts of the events of that terrible day. I recall the terror and panic I felt when I couldn't get in touch with my kids as hours ticked on and on....and then the relief I felt when an e-mail came through saying simply, "I'm ok". The relief was fleeting however as I thougt of the other Moms, sisters, wives, cousins, friends still looking, looking and looking for their dear ones... to no avail.

Liz
Pix are great. Hope you had a great time on your European adventures.
By the way I'm partial to a few of those pictures... Can you guess which ones?

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