Sunday, August 01, 2004
Yes, that is where I work
I work in one of the buildings that they are saying is being targeted by Al-Qaida.
I know that the fact that this has been publicized makes it unlikely that the attack will occur. I know that this may just be a publicity ploy by the Bush administration to influence the election. I know a lot of things.
That doesn't mean this hard knot in the pit of my stomach will go away. This doesn't mean that each time they show my building on the news, a wave of nausea doesn't make me run to the bathroom. That doesn't mean I can be calm, cool and collected.
It's going to be a very long night. And an even longer work day tomorrow.
Update
Thanks, everyone for the emails, the comments and the phone calls of support.
It is very, very strange here. There are concrete barricades all around the four buildings we have here. There are national guardsmen with machine guns. There is a lot of media people walking around. We have to wear our employee IDs around our necks and carry them at all times. Everyone is a bit jumpy and everyone has bags under their eyes. I don't think any of us slept much last night.
It's going to be ok. We are very well protected. But it's still very scary. And it's sad that we have to live in times like these when people can have such a high capacity for hatred.
I work in one of the buildings that they are saying is being targeted by Al-Qaida.
I know that the fact that this has been publicized makes it unlikely that the attack will occur. I know that this may just be a publicity ploy by the Bush administration to influence the election. I know a lot of things.
That doesn't mean this hard knot in the pit of my stomach will go away. This doesn't mean that each time they show my building on the news, a wave of nausea doesn't make me run to the bathroom. That doesn't mean I can be calm, cool and collected.
It's going to be a very long night. And an even longer work day tomorrow.
Update
Thanks, everyone for the emails, the comments and the phone calls of support.
It is very, very strange here. There are concrete barricades all around the four buildings we have here. There are national guardsmen with machine guns. There is a lot of media people walking around. We have to wear our employee IDs around our necks and carry them at all times. Everyone is a bit jumpy and everyone has bags under their eyes. I don't think any of us slept much last night.
It's going to be ok. We are very well protected. But it's still very scary. And it's sad that we have to live in times like these when people can have such a high capacity for hatred.
