tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post115798763970377164..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Remember, remember: September 11, 2001Flaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1158023272111377142006-09-11T21:07:00.000-04:002006-09-11T21:07:00.000-04:00I was talking to my mother on the phone as the sec...I was talking to my mother on the phone as the second plane hit the WTC. I woke up and turned on the Today show after the first hit, but before the second one, so I called my parents to see if they knew what was going on (I knew they would have been awake since at least 7am).<BR/><BR/>I'll never forget her saying she was sure "Arafat and the PLO" were behind it all. I told her she was nuts, that they didn't have the resources to pull off something like that. I remember this part so vividly: I said to her, "Mark my words, Mom--this is the work of the Taliban and that guy they think blew up the Navy ship, Osama bin Laden. He's a multimillionaire, and he has the money and resources to do something like this." <BR/><BR/>I don't know how I was so sure about this, but I remember how my voice shook with conviction when I said this to her. I had been reading about the Taliban for years, because of the horrible way the oppressed women, and I had been reading up on Bin Laden because of the attack on the Cole. But I don't why I made the connection so forcefully. For whatever reason, I have never felt so sure of anything in my life.Professing Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18260914892193513647noreply@blogger.com