OH MY ..I just listened to a very graphic interview from the chief firefighter Ladder 8..he said they are finding half of bodies, like a lower half of a man and they ID by the wallet..or a piece of flesh in clothing..

and on he went all the while they gave warnings on being graphic..

We can pray, we can feel bad, but I don't think you and I can come close to imagineing the true life scene there....THAT"S why they need the dna test...

if this is too graphic someone can delete. I guess I am being morbid.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

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I'll assume that it was a late nite interview, as they do not discuss that during the day when children might here. Time now is 230 am.

I heard an interview, and I haven't tracked it down yet, concerning the frustration the FBI is having because of the laws of this nation.

Poor babies!

The FBI and Justice Department want congress to pass legislation allowing the them to eavesdrop on people, not phones. This will allow them to follow the person and listen on any phone they use, instead of requiring the FBI or whoever to get a court order for each phone the suspect uses. There was more to it, but I have to find the interview. It was on NBC

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

I have wanted to draw a graphic picture for some of the DGI's out there on this one. While I am glad that they are finding large pieces, think of all the postage stamp size pieces they are finding now as well. Imagine the smell of bodies being opened up and left there for a week. IMHO, no all were lucky enough to be burned. Please don't hate me, cause I didn't mean that last thought in a bad way, but in a way that would aid recovery.

Don't think many of those workers have eaten a good meal for a few days, don't expect them to for a good number more.

Have you ever smelt death? The death that has been there a few days? I have, tis something I will never forget and never want to smell again.

As much as I admire them for the work they are doing now, I expect some of the relief workers to kill themself when they are finished in their work. Somehow, some will not be able to deal with what they have participated with. It happened in OKC, it'll happen there.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

Yes, Sheeps, I have smelled it too, after Camille in Plaquemines Parish. I don't know if those poor devils at the WTC are having to put up with hordes of flies too, perhaps not, but that's another thing I remember from Camille's aftermath.

The reason for that frequently-filmed bucket brigade is so they can check each shovelful for small body parts. I guess they need evidence too, but this is how they found such things as the finger with a wedding ring still on it. There was an unwritten agreement between all the stations to refrain from showing "graphic" footage of body parts. I hope that film has been filed because I want them to be brought out whenever there seems to be a groundswell of opinion to quit pounding the poor Islamic extremists.

Look for an extremely high rate of suicide among rescue workers over time. Poor bastards.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

they have reported that the first thing you notice when nearing the blast site is the smell.

Me thinks we will have to get used to that. Too soon, unfortunately.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

On a lesser note, I heard over the weekend that it isn't just the two- legged rescue workers that are having a tough time of it. Apparently the rescue dogs were getting really depressed, too. As it was explained, their reward was finding live bodies, but none had been found for several days and the dogs were taking it hard.

One of my friends tried to train her two dobermans (IIRC) to do search and rescue. The male was a wuss, but the training took with the female, Harlot. I know Gail and Harlot did quite a few missions together in the mid 1990s. Harlot was probably retired some time ago, but I think of them being out working together at times like this.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

One of the cadaver dogs died from heat exhaustion. . .

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

I remember hearing about a company that was making little booties for the dogs to wear to protect their paws from all the debris. I was at work at the time, and had to tell some of my co-workers about that.

I'll never do that again. The first three I told had no idea what I was talking about. when I explained, they said, oh yeah, wasn't that tragic?

Now I just work and listen to the news. For a while I would get depressed listening, but now, I find things to laugh at, and things to get angry over. It is fortunate that when they go to the attack site I cannot see it on the radio, so it is easier to listen to that now.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

I am sick of hearing about Chelsea's close call.

What are they trying to do, rub it in to the open sores of those who lost loved ones?

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

I wish, that just once that every adult American, on our shores or not, would be forced to see the real ground zero. Not the near ground zero that they show, and not the aerial views. Maybe then they would understand what is about to come.

Hopefully not, but I think, coming to a building near you.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

I heard today that Sarah Ferguson was just pulling up to the door of WTC when the plane hit. She immediately ordered her driver to get the other people she was supposed to be meeting with, put them in her car, and took off. Now THAT is a lot closer than 12 blocks. Plus she stayed around to make sure her colleagues were safe. Her charity thingie was on the 102nd floor, apparently. When is Chelsea supposed to go to Oxford anyway?

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

good ole Fergie. What a head on those shoulders!

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001