RE: [registrars] New York disaster

[Esther Dyson <edyson@edventure.com>]

thanks to all, best wishes to all, and bewildered sympathy to those affected.

Esther Dyson
(from Europe)

At 02:06 PM 9/11/2001, Elana Broitman wrote:
>This is a great tragedy.  Not just for New Yorkers, who may have been worst
>hit, but for those around D.C., Pennsylvania and LA.  This is tragic and I
>am certain will be understanding of the resulting disruptions!
>
>Best wishes to everyone affected.  Elana
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
>Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader
>Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:47 AM
>To: Antony Van Couvering; registrars@dnso.org
>Subject: Re: [registrars] New York disaster
>
>
>My thoughts are with you. I can only hope that everyone made it back from
>Uruguay safely.
>
>Best wishes and prayers,
>
>-rwr
>
>
>
>Tucows Inc.
>t. 416.538.5492
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Antony Van Couvering" <avc@nameengine.com>
>To: <registrars@dnso.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:33 AM
>Subject: [registrars] New York disaster
>
>
> > Registrars,
> >
> > You may have heard about the World Trade Center explosions.  From the
> > terrace at the NameEngine offices, we watched two planes crash into the
> > two towers of the World Trade Center; subsequently, part of the south
> > tower fell to the ground.  The New York streets are pandemonium.  Lower
> > Manhattan is covered in smoke.  We have very spotty phone connectivity,
> > mobile phones are completely out, I don't know how long the Internet
> > connectivity will last.
> >
> > It's a beautiful late summer morning, and as the sun hits the towers,
> > you can see the glass glinting as it falls, like confetti, blown out by
> > the heat of the fires.
> >
> > Several NameEngine staffers have friends who work in the World Trade
> > Center, they have all refused to go home and are numbly trying to do
> > their work.
> >
> > Now the second tower has fallen, and there is nothing left but debris,
> > and smoke, and dust.  I have never seen the like of this magnificent,
> > terrible destruction.
> >
> > Antony



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