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A NATION MOURNS: The American flag flies at half mast in Ballsbridge at the US Embassy on Friday.
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John Marries
John A Keane married his girlfriend Rachel Gaffey in Killester on Wednesday last. The reception was in the Marine Hotel, Sutton. A beautiful dinner was followed by a good night's socialising. John's new wife Rachel looked beautiful, we all had a good time and a few of the old crew were there - Ray, Phil and Dara. A great day indeed. John is on honeymoon at the moment.
I sincerely apologise for the lack of photographs of John's wedding that I promised, but I have had a non-technical problem and the pictures will not be published until next Tuesday. Sorry!
This week last year
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Pictures from the US Embassy.
A marching band lead the firemen and rescue workers to the American embassy to pay their respects;
flowers stacked around the gates of the embassy;
childern light candles and leave flowers at the embassy
people were queuing up to three hours to sign the books of condolences
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Terror in NY
I was lucky enough to lose nobody in the attack. Mo
is in NY at the moment, but is fine. Sheherazade is in Boston, she's fine
but is extremely annoyed at the terrorists and also the US for not realising
that there was a chance that this might happen. Russ is in the US but
he's on the west coast. I haven't heard from Russ. My friend Brona's friend
Val worked in the World Trade Center, and she's fine. Kevin's O'C's sister
works there too, and is fine.
I was down at the embassy on Friday where it was touching
to see people queue for hours right around Raglan Road and Pembrook Lane
to sign the book. A taxi driver told me he went to sign it at 4am on Saturday
night, and he still had to cue for a few minutes. The length of the cue
I saw shows how much the people care and are deeply saddened and shocked
by it all. I know it's not much, but I hope that the people who lost loved
ones and colleagues can get some comfort from the fact that people cued
up for three hours, possibly after travelling for miles, to sign the book
of condolences.
I am also disgusted at the vigilante attacks on Muslim
and middle-eastern races. That's not helping at all. So much can go wrong
at this stage. There is so much that could spark a war. It's scary. Lets
hope Bush doesn't jump the gun. We don't want to see any more innocent
people hurt by this than the tens of thousands already affected.
Esat has said it won't charge people for any calls made
to the US since Tuesday, and a catering company was giving out free food
and drink to those in the queue.
My thoughts are with the people who are devastated,
whether they lost someone or not.
Now that wrecks me buzz. |
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There
isn't much I can say about the horrific attack on America that you wouldn't
read in a quality newspaper. However I have some close to home details
and some personal thoughts. (Who hasn't?)