Sinister: sophie's new york story

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this is a mail from a former sinisteree, sophie from new york, to you through me. please take time and read how the wtc-tragedy affected her.

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"hi. my name is sophie and i live in new york.  i was a memeber of sinister 
for a long time, but i am not any more. i really want to write something to 
you guys, but if i sign up now,  i wont be able to write it for a long time. 
i was wondering if you could send this to sinister for me. i would really 
appreciate it. if you could just change the title, cut this part out and 
replace it with a note saying this is from me.  Thank you so much.

"My name is sophie and i go to  school in tribeca, new york.  My school 
building is two blocks (short blocks) away from the world trade center.  
Yesterday I watched it be hit and collapse from my 7th story Biology room.  
It was the scariest thing i have ever seen in my life.  At first it was real 
cute. you know, "some drunk pilot flew into the world trade center, haha, 
theres a gaping steaming whole in it.  cant wait til lunch when i can go out 
and really see it."  Then when another one hit it was confusing.  many of my 
friends had watched from outside and were shaken.  my friend patrick said he 
had seen the plane of civilians go into it and at least ten people go flying 
out of the buildiing and fall to the ground, two blocks south down the 
street.  i was in the basement when the first one fell.  the world started 
shaking and the lights went dead. people were screaming and crying and the 
men with suits and badges rushed in screaming "Secret service! get to the 
other side of the building!"  Everyone thought there was a third plane and 
they had fucked up and hit us instead.  like how they landed early when they 
hit the pentagon.  they slid into the side of it.  if they had landed early 
in NY, it would have been on us.  After the first one fell, they still werent 
letting us out of the building.  They were calling names on the PA and i 
think it was for people whose parents were here to pick them up. if my name 
would have been called, i dont think i would have left.  i dont think i could have.  it was to unknown. if they would hit again, where they would hit. if 
there was anyways to get home.  if the subway tunnels would be bombed.  They 
sent me up to my biology class. it was on the 7th floor, south side, and the 
entire south wall was a glass window.  Our bio teacher never even showed up. 
i figure she booked when the first plane hit.  So we sat in the room, 
watching a giant cloud of smoke try to envelop the school, and the top of the 
remaining world trade center, and people leaning out, looking around, and 
flinging themselves throught the window.  I watched at least 8 people commit 
suicide from the top of the world trade center before it collapsed. 
    I walked home, back to brooklyn that day, and there were soldiers walking 
throught the streets with big guns, there were helicopters and airplains 
going through the air.  While walking, someone would look at the sky, and 
everyone on the crowded new york street would stop walking and turn around to 
see whatever they were pointing at up there.  I've been imagining airplane 
noises all night, and listening to the people crying in my head.  There were 
too many people who were sobbing crying last night, and i could hear every 
one of them in my head.  I dont want to go to war. i dont want to ever have 
to see anything like that again in my life.  It was too close, and too real, 
and NYC it too vulnerable and delicate.  I dont think i would be able to 
handle anything like that again.
    I know most of you are European, and i thought maybe you would like to 
know what happened on less of a newscast level, so here, thats what happened. 
 I hope this thing is over soon, and i hope as few people as possible get 
involved.  
peace, and keep safe."

-sophie tintori

(spiticuss at aol.com)

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