October 17, 2012
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we had an emergency exit drill at the office today for those times when we may have to evacuate the building through otherwise inaccessible stairwell. non-fire related issues that new yorkers are capable of imagining without much creativity. i went down with one of the perky twenty-something girl at the office, joking that it'd be fun to have a halloween party there. but i think we were joking to lessen the tension we felt when we think back on the chaotic incident in.. 2003 i think? and no, we didn't even talk about 9-11, that's just too.. raw to think about even during a drill. thought i think we did a fine job at distracting ourselves.
so i found out someone was arrested today because he was plotting to blow up the federal reserve bank with 1000 lb bomb. the news kinda puts thoughts into perspective. wow, life is so fragile and danger is closer to home than we think.
but we haven't had a major crisis since the black out. well, there was the mta strike in 2005 but otherwise we made it through the recent years pretty well. new yorkers demand so much. just yesterday, when i took a late ride home, a mob of people shoved their way into an already packed and brimming train. this short middle aged lady on her way to old age kept pushing me and cursing me out for not moving in. i calmly looked at her, then pointed to the lady on the other side and said "do you see this lady next to me?" i got a grunt and no more eye contact as a response. we, not just the two of us, but everyone on the train inched home extremely uncomfortably. but that's nothing compared to the things we already experienced.
i'm just thankful that nothing happened today. and hopefully we'll continue on safely for a very very long time.
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