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I was right there!
#56586
09/13/01 01:35 PM
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Don Cardi
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I work in the World Financial Center which is connected to the World Trade Center by a walking bridge over West street. My building is right on the river, two blocks from the center. GOd was watching ovewr me that morning. I arrived in work and went to the lounge to watch ESPN and have coffee. As I was watching I heard a loud bang and 30 seconds later the news broke into the program saying that a plane had crashed into one of the towers! My partner and I looked at each other and being that we both worked inside the Trade Center back in 1993 and escaped the bombing then, we decided to get the hell out of our building. ALl of a sudden the news yells out " Oh my god, another plane has hit the other tower!!!" At that moment, we ran out of the building. We watched the towers burn!!! ( I am starting to cry as I write this ). We were waiting for a boat to come to take us over to Jersey, realizing that there was no way that we could head towards the Disaster to try to get home. While waiting, allowing woman and
children to board the first boats that arrived, we all watched in HORROR as the building burned and people, literally dozens of them,were jumping from the 80th floor or higher to there death, deciding if they should burn to death or jump to thier death!!! What a horrific sight! I will never forget it!!!!! As a boat came into the dock, the first building started to crumble and fall!!!! OH MY GOD!!! Bodies were flying all over the air!!! As we stepped on our boat, in amatter of seconds, smoke, clouds, fire and debri came over the financial center building totally covering the courtyard and dock that I just had stepped off of!!! We all dove for cover on the boat and the Captain full throttled that boat to get us away as quickly as he could. I got up, looked at where I was just standing, and could not see anything but smoke and debris covering everything and everyone that could not get onto the boat and were stranded where I was just seconds ago was standing!!!! Everyone, ncluding myself were ALL CRYING. SIckening sight! Friends and Co-Workers that I have been with for years were standing and the next second were gone, covered in Debris and Smoke. Till today, I have only been able to get in contact with three of them, that thank GOD are ok. We still don't know about the rest. As I got to the other side of the River the second building came down! I am sick! I will never ever forget the sights that I witnessed and the sounds of the screams and the falling buildings will stay with me forever!! I cannot continue. I am getting sicker by the moment trying to share this nightmare with all of you. My God, My God. What a sight!
Don Cardi
Don Cardi  Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: I was right there!
#56589
09/13/01 02:03 PM
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New Jersey, USA
J Geoff
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I'm relieved that you're okay, Don Cardi. Thanks for sharing; I can't imagine how horrible it must've been. My prayers go out to those who've been lost in these catastrophes.
Keep the faith, buddy,
JG
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: I was right there!
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09/13/01 09:43 PM
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Maybe the Force be with you, [b]Don Cardi[/i], and if you believe in G-d, may He go with you and watch over all of your friends and loved ones.
"Bacio tua mano."
"But...it was so artistically done."
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Re: I was right there!
#56598
09/14/01 03:37 PM
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Great, let me repeat that, Gre...
Don Noledge
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Just read your message Don Cardi! What a horrific experience it must have been for you and all those others, I strongly agree with all the above comments. So glad that your OK...
It was a very brave thing telling us about it.
noledge
"If you win you win. If you lose you still win. Theres no way you can lose." Joey - Raging Bull
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Re: I was right there!
#56599
09/14/01 05:31 PM
09/14/01 05:31 PM
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Don Cardi, I am very relieved to hear that you are OK, and am very sorry that you had to see these images in plain view, i wish you the best of luck in making contact with others of your friends and co workers.
"Neri, take a train to Rome. Light a candle for the Archbishop." - Vincenzo Corleone
"But if he betrays me your prayers will not be swift enough to catch him on his way to hell." - Salvatore Guiliano
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Re: I was right there!
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09/14/01 10:34 PM
09/14/01 10:34 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi:
I have just found out some horrible news. 5 co-workers of mine, who I've worked with for many years, are unaccounted for as they went to a meeting that morning at the World Trade Center! It is feared that they have perished in the attack. Don Cardi - I can't even imagine the anquish you must be going through. It isn't enough that you had such a harrowing experience yourself on the day of the attack, but now you have to deal with the agony of your missing co-workers. You are in my prayers, my friend!
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Re: I was right there!
#56603
09/15/01 12:16 AM
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Don Cardi I am very sad to hear your story, but glad to hear you made it, physically. This link is a tribute to how well New Yorkers are handling this, for lack of a better word, tragedy. Mike Peters Editorial Cartoon
--A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns--
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Re: I was right there!
#56604
09/15/01 12:18 AM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi:
I work in the World Financial Center which is connected to the World Trade Center by a walking bridge over West street. My building is right on the river, two blocks from the center. GOd was watching ovewr me that morning. I arrived in work and went to the lounge to watch ESPN and have coffee. As I was watching I heard a loud bang and 30 seconds later the news broke into the program saying that a plane had crashed into one of the towers! My partner and I looked at each other and being that we both worked inside the Trade Center back in 1993 and escaped the bombing then, we decided to get the hell out of our building. ALl of a sudden the news yells out " Oh my god, another plane has hit the other tower!!!" At that moment, we ran out of the building. We watched the towers burn!!! ( I am starting to cry as I write this ). We were waiting for a boat to come to take us over to Jersey, realizing that there was no way that we could head towards the Disaster to try to get home. While waiting, allowing woman and
children to board the first boats that arrived, we all watched in HORROR as the building burned and people, literally dozens of them,were jumping from the 80th floor or higher to there death, deciding if they should burn to death or jump to thier death!!! What a horrific sight! I will never forget it!!!!! As a boat came into the dock, the first building started to crumble and fall!!!! OH MY GOD!!! Bodies were flying all over the air!!! As we stepped on our boat, in amatter of seconds, smoke, clouds, fire and debri came over the financial center building totally covering the courtyard and dock that I just had stepped off of!!! We all dove for cover on the boat and the Captain full throttled that boat to get us away as quickly as he could. I got up, looked at where I was just standing, and could not see anything but smoke and debris covering everything and everyone that could not get onto the boat and were stranded where I was just seconds ago was standing!!!! Everyone, ncluding myself were ALL CRYING. SIckening sight! Friends and Co-Workers that I have been with for years were standing and the next second were gone, covered in Debris and Smoke. Till today, I have only been able to get in contact with three of them, that thank GOD are ok. We still don't know about the rest. As I got to the other side of the River the second building came down! I am sick! I will never ever forget the sights that I witnessed and the sounds of the screams and the falling buildings will stay with me forever!! I cannot continue. I am getting sicker by the moment trying to share this nightmare with all of you. My God, My God. What a sight!
Don Cardi Yes. Have hope and may God be with you.
"It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies."
-Woody Allen
"I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that, I do not forgive."
-Don Vito Corleone
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Re: I was right there!
#56605
09/15/01 01:11 AM
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J Geoff
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Originally posted by Don Cardi:
I have just found out some horrible news. 5 co-workers of mine, who I've worked with for many years, are unaccounted for...
I'm sorry, Don Cardi -- I hope they're found, of course, but if God forbid the worst has happened, then I wish them eternal rest and peace. I really don't have the words to more eloquently express what I mean, sorry... JG
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: I was right there!
#56608
09/15/01 12:48 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi:
( IF anyone objects to my using this board as a sounding board, PLEASE let me know and I will cease posting updates to it ).
Don Cardi - These "General Discussion" threads are here for us to post all kinds of topics. You've been a valued member of these boards for at least two years now, and you've certainly earned the respect of many of us other members. I think we all understand, and appreciate what you've been through this past week. Keep on posting about it!
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Re: I was right there!
#56609
09/15/01 07:12 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi:
( IF anyone objects to my using this board as a sounding board, PLEASE let me know and I will cease posting updates to it ).
Don Cardi If anybody doesn't like to read such things, they don't have to open this (or any other thread). This is a public BB and you are entitled to post whatever you wish. Glad to hear of the surviving co-workers, and sorry for the missing ones.
"..Your youngest and strongest will fall by the sword.."
"...now you gotta speak more than one language to pull a heist..." Pudge Nichols
"...Never shall innocent blood be shed; yet the blood of the wicked shall flow like a river. The THREE shall spread their blackened wings and be the vengeaful striking hammer of God..."
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Re: I was right there!
#56610
09/15/01 07:48 PM
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godbless america and screw the arabs that did this
christopher osborne
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Re: I was right there!
#56613
09/15/01 08:59 PM
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J Geoff
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Originally posted by Sonny:
Hey cris, why don't you watch ur mouth a bit huh? Don't worry - cristopher casti lebornie can't post any more for breaking the rules. JG
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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