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Family and Friends, I just received this e-mail from a girlfriend of mine and wanted to share = her first hand accounts with you. It put a lump in my throat and brought = tears to my eyes. I ache for those people, all people, our nation and our= world. May God bless you, and may you feel blessed each and every day by= his presence! =20 Love, Robyn =20 ----- Original Message ----- =20 From: Joyce Zylberberg =20 Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:08 AM Subject: Update Hi, First, let me thank you again for your thoughts and concerns. =20 I did make it out of the city for a long weekend and truly got to unwind. = Many people out in the Hamptons are contributing to the cause in several = ways and like the rest of the country the mood is somber. However, life is= still beautiful there. I rode my bicycle everyday, canoed, walked on the= beach and went to interesting dinners. But then I came back. The bus I = was on was stopped and searched before entering the Midtown tunnel, which = leads into the city. Everyone, including the driver was asked for pictur= e ID. I came back because Monday evening started the Jewish New Year and = I had dinner with my family in the city. After dinner, my brother-in-law,= my cousin (visiting from Israel) and I went downtown to ground zero. It = is off limits to anyone other than the military, firefighters and the poli= ce, but I got this unique opportunity to enter the belly of the beast beca= use my friend who has a restaurant down in Tribeca set up a hot meal zone = in one of the damaged buildings. He and his staff are the only non offici= als allowed there. I went to help serve. Getting down was a struggle in = itself. I passed through many blockades guarded by the military, and fina= lly had a police escort get me all the way down. No matter how I describe= what I saw, I couldn't possibly give an accurate picture of the devastati= on. The only thing I can tell you is that it is so much larger in life. = The piece of facade of one of the towers that you have seen on the news an= d in all the papers spans one full city block. There were firefighting cr= ews from California, Ohio, Indiana and more. I spoke with many.=20 Yesterday I went to synagogue. The experience was intense. We waited on = a line that went around the block before going through metal detectors to = get in. I sat next to a Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald, who was l= ate to work on Tuesday. He lost all 200 of his staff as well as 500 who d= id not work directly for him. The woman in front of me lost her son. We = had several firefighters visit the temple and, as you can imagine, they wa= lked into a full five minutes of cheers and applause. It was so touching.= No dry eyes. I realize I'm rambling but thought you might be interested in a first hand= account. All my best to you, Joyce Joyce Zylberberg tel: 212 661-3580 cel: 917 837-0073 joycetz@mindspring.com
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