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Dear Friends: I do not live in the place which we in Connecticut call simply The City, but I live close enough to stand on the shores of Sherwood Island State Park and see the smoke cloud from the ruins of lower Manhattan. Close enough to attend, along with 2 of my 3 sons, N.Y.C. colleges . Close enough that the psychiatric hospital where I work has set up 24 hour grief counseling for the family and friends of the lost ones who worked in The City. For the hospital beds we rushed to prepare in the burn units and trauma centers in this part of the state are empty. We waited but nobody came. We will be filling body bags and morgues, not hospital beds. We prepared to treat ravaged bodies, but we will treat instead the ravaged minds of those left behind.I am a pacifist of long standing. I protested our involvement in Viet Nam. The morning of 9/11/0l changed me forever. We Americans have been guity of arrogance. We looked away from the suffering inflicted in other parts of the world by those too inhumane to be considered human beings. We were safe. Meanwhile evil continued to fester and grow, until it was strong enough to reach out and touch us. Evil ignored is evil perpetuated. We are arrogant no more... Carole Hercun __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn