Brendan Dooley is home he was in a hospital downtown NY (Beekman) Received stitches and is home with his two children and his wife.

Correction: Richard Gabriel was not on flight that went down in Pittsburgh. He was on Flight from Dulles to Los Angeles the plane that went into the second tower.

Keep the prayers going they worked for Brendan.

Semper Fi and God Bless.

This was an attack on symbols. The WTC is - was - a symbol of American prestige but the actual human victims were not the powerful, but mostly the middle managers, secretaries, and window washers. The Pentagon, symbol of U.S. military might, was damaged by people who were (probably) in no actual army armed only with cardboard cutters using civilian aircraft against the headquarters of the strongest military force in the world. How do you avenge this?
Look at the decades of violence in Ireland and the Middle East (to name just two) where every despicable act seems to be retribution for an earlier one, and few can recall the original reason behind all the carnage.

War? Against whom? A state of war can only exist between nations. No nation today would be insane enough to declare war on the USA and sponsoring these attacks would be an unmistakable declaration of war.

Assuming the mastermind is this Bin Laden person, one cannot declare war on a person. He is essentially a private entrepreneur. The multi billion dollar U.S military machine is useless against his type of organization. There are many many examples in recent history that demonstrate this.
Even if the Americans conquer a convenient target like Afghanistan or Libya, it would be as effective as invading Hawaii.
This is a "war" that can only be lost, like the "war" on drugs. A hasty revenge attack can only harden the resolve of the remaining terrorists, encourage more moderate people to become terrorists, and possibly bring international disrepute to the USA.
If, as I've already seen suggested by newsmen and politicians, basic freedoms are rescinded in the name of "security" then the terrorists have won a major victory.
This is not the time to try and justify this horror. I don't think it is the time to compound it with more horror either.
It may even be time to stop blaming people for hating - and time to look inward and try to understand what we are doing to be so hated.

I'd like to see retribution for this. Whether we attack or whether we catch & put the terrorist leaders on trial, some groups in America won't be satisfied.

I say we just focus on finding survivors, mourning the dead, cleaning up Manhattan, keeping our ecomomy alive, and maintaining our US patriotism.

I couldn't believe the price gouging here in the Twin Cities! Several gas stations raised prices to the five dollar range! Apparently, it was a ruse by operators to get more money off of this sensless tragedy They're telling anyone who got screwed into buying anything at outrageous prices to save recipts & the offending sellers will be punished.

Dan Rather said it best: "You will remember this day for as long as you live..."

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we need to protect our country and our way of life. period. fuck them. ok, they started this we have to finish it I want to see them cheering and jumping for joy when we bomb the shit out of them. If there greatest reward is to meet Allah, then by god lets reward them all.

We have to send a message to countries that harbor, and supprt terrorists, it WILL NOT be tolerated. We are in a war on terrorism and I want to see retribution and payback. I hope and pray that our government takes swift and decisive action. and to anyone that thinks that this is wrong, THEY took it to this level if they want to operate on this level we should too. we have to protect ourselves and our country. Even if we dont get Bin laden we have to SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE, IF YOU FUCK WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WE WILL INHIALTE YOU!. Im sorry if my views seem "wrong" or "extreme" I am deeply upset, saddened, and angry about this.

I just wanted to say that the thoughts and prayers of me and my family are with you all in this most tragic time in history.

This WAS an attack on American soil, but believe me...the rest of us (even us so far away from you) are hurting very badly also. This was an attack on civilization and democracy and will be avenged.

Australia has 90 ex-patriates missing...3 confirmed dead.

Here in Europe, flags have been on half pole since Wednesday. Today at noon, 2 minutes of silence was held by 800 million people all over Europe. Friday the 14th of September has been declared pan-European day of mourning by all EU nations and Russia.

New York and Washington may be in the US, but you have no idea how strong these events have affected the Danes and obviously sane people everywhere. For me, this felt like it happened in my own back-yard and I have a hard time trying to accept the facts.

Cheers, Thomas

My two cents: We don't have to kill all of Islam in order to rid the world of terrorism. We have to fundamentally change their minds. In the process of doing so we'll also have to do some changing of our own.

There is one pervasive reason for terrorism in the world. It is fundamentalist arrogance. It is the belief that any particular system of religion or government is the only legitmate path to either salvation or utopian statehood. Until all the world can all tolerate different points of view, the poison of terrorism and war will feed on this kind of ignorance.

We have to do the same thing here.

I'm incredibly awestruck by the level of compassion that the American people are showing.

you are talking about throwing kids out of a movie, not intentionally taking the lives of millions of innocent people.
What I was referring to was the suggestion that we "nuke Bagdad and another Arab city every 24 hrs till the organizer of this cowardly act is turned over to us."