Pay No Attention To That Airliner Out Your Window

Just in time for morning coffee break, there outside your window, a few hundred yards above the nearest tall building, there goes a huge commercial jet heading west, followed by a fighter jet.

Maybe we're hallucinating?

No, there it goes again. A commercial jet flying low over Jersey City skyscrapers, followed by a fighter jet.

Wow, this is unreal. Maybe I should pack my bags and plan a way to get home.

Three is the magic number. The jets pass over head. I should get out my camera in case it happens again.

But no, we're given the word to evacuate the building.
You don't have to tell us twice. We're calmly heading down the fire stairs, out into a surprisingly clear day.

Feels like we've been through this before.


http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2009/04/27/readers-did-you-see-the-low-flying-jet-over-lower-manhattan/

- Anthony

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Picture a HUGE size jet filling all the sky in this photo - that's how big and how low it was!

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Forget Me Not

The Twins, 11-9-2000

East view archive, across the Hudson River from Jersey City, N.J.

Across the river: the Manhattan skyline. Glimpse this way from the World Trade Center, you'll see us, ants scurrying at the base of the ever-changing Jersey City skyline (there really IS one!) Here is a nearly constant state of change as new buildings edge out the view of the old. Even the abandoned piers are coming back to life. You'll see.
from: Along the Hudson River

Empty Sky

Verse & Prose

Sit here and watch the light rail pass
See the stairs we rushed down
On 9-11 when Sharon kicked
Loose the door and the alarm
That was real sounding
& the first floor
Where we got to that landing
When I turned Sharon away
From re-entering the building
Around we went & came out
To the fresh air of the
September morning
from: City Beans

That day, I was sitting at my desk when people began rushing to the opposite end of our floor, about one hundred yards east of where I sat, and looking at the building on fire.
from: An Un-Ordinary Day - September 11, 2001

Nutley Residents

People at the Railing

Quantum Loop

New Here

Springteen - The Rising

Springsteen - Empty Sky

Harborside, Jersey City, N.J.

When My Ship Comes In


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Updated May 2008

People at the Railing

At the Railing

Seems to be more people
than usual
standing at the railing
staring across the river

Can't blame them you know
not only a beautiful view
but I know
many of the strangers
who visit here
like me
are looking at the shadow
of thngs that used to be.

Four years doesn't make
the sadness go away
or the memory disappear.
We all still see
what used to be,
there, across the river.

As sure as Christmas
comes in December
And Easter in the spring
Every sunny September
we'll remember that day

Some might think it sacrilegious
to carry on, and others
say it's sacrilege not to.
For all who stand
at the railing I hope
you see what you're looking for

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Harborside Willow View

Willows frame NYC skyline at Harborside. My pal Mike M. says it looks like a great place for a nap!

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