[CH] OT: WTC FYI: especially to Somerset, Hunterdon, Union and Middlesex County, NJ
Karen Stober (kstober@us.ibm.com)
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:36:09 -0400
Forgive me for posting off topic, I know there are people on this list who
lived in this area of NJ and are my age and might be interested.
Anybody who attended Watchung Hills Regional High School or participated in
the boys intramural sport programs in the mid-1970's no doubt either knew
or knew of Vinnie Difazio. He and I often were at the back of the school
bus being typical pesty teenagers. He was also a sports star in high
school. Vinnie graduated in 1976, grew up,got respectable and died working
for Cantor-Fitzgerald in the WTC attack. 705 of the 1100 CF employees
worked in the WTC office. All died in the terrorist attack September 11,
2001. What a sad blast from the past in my local weekly newspaper, the
Echoes Sentinel, last night, when I remembered why his name was so very
familiar. This is really scary now knowing somebody who died.
Driving to college class yesterday, I paused to consider this. How many of
you drive past the Ethicon building on Route 22 West in Bridgewater? That
building is 6 stories high. The WTC rubble pile is 7 stories high, covers
16 acres and extends down into the 6 sub-basements of the WTC. It is
estimated to weigh over 100 million tons. It must be immense.
Lastly, UPN is still not on the air in the NJ area. If it is not back in a
few days, can somebody please tape "Enterprise", the newest program in the
Star Trek universe, and mail the tapes to me, until UPN returns? I'll send
dollars to cover postage and return the tapes. The series starts (in this
area of the US) Wednesday, September 26 at 8PM. PBS, maybe channel 11 (I
don't know who owns them) and Fox returned last night. Fox is OK but PBS
has a pretty bad picture. ABC is really dreadful but broadcasting. So bad
my sister can't get a watchable tapes of "General Hospital" and "Port
Charles". Oh no, she's got soap opera withdrawal!
Karen