Sorry to be so long checking in... It's so strange. The numbers didn't get to me. It's impossible to digest numbers that large. The video of the planes hitting and the buildings going down didn't get to me. Hollywood has done too good a job. My senses have been numbed to that type of imagery. The video of the people jumping off the WTC towers didn't get to me...again, Hollywood has made this type of image too common in my brain... ...however... ...when I heard about the man who, knowing he was about to die, called his mother on his cell phone to tell her he loved her...everything all of the sudden clicked into place and I found myself in kneeling on the floor in tears. As other stories of individuals started coming in, I found myself more and more affected. It's funny how the little pieces of this whole enormous disaster could affect me so much more than all of the huge overall events. I think it must have something to do with the way my brain works. Now I see that this isn't a great big tragedy...it?s over 5000 personal tragedies. I'm devastated. -SMT :(

I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!