----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 04:33 PM
Subject: HOME AGAIN
Hi all..just to let all of the 070'ers
know that I have made it home Sunday night, Sept. 16th, after being one of
the thousands of stranded travelers across the United States. A three day
drive (2,100 miles) from Phoenis, Az.,with my wife, was as experience that
we will never forget. Three days on the road compared to 5 hours in the
air was not my way of getting home. The people all across the country
that we met at resturants, gas staions, hotels and the like were in
the same situation we were in. Everyone trying to get home from somewhere
else.
The patroitism and love for our country was
evident from the largest city to the smallest town across all the states
we drove through. Every radio station we listened to had a location
for blood donations and were planning fund drives for the disaster in
New York City. Flags flew from every building in citys, large and small,
and from homes as well. GOD BLESS AMERICA was on marquees on theaters and
store fronts.
The small inconvenience that we and all
travlers had to bear was nothing to the grief and suffering that was taking
place from the loss of loved ones in this country and all around the
world.
Let's all hope that this terrible
attack on U.S. soil does not bring this country down to the level of our
agressors. The perpetraters, not the innocents should be
punished.
I now have to apologize to all (and
especially N3DQU) for using this reflector for this kind of thing, but what
started out as a Hi I"m Back, turned out to be a little longer and more detailed
account of the last three days for me and my wife. Thanks all for
just reading this and if there are any hard feelings I will
understand.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Tom Stoops
N3XC
