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...clock without rest. Doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital told of the fire fighter who had to carry out the decapitated body of his captain. The search dogs were overwhelmed; there was just too much flesh to smell. One emerged with a torn, blackened teddy bear in its mouth. Rescuers found the bodies of airline passengers strapped in their seats, a flight attendant with her hands bound. Doctors at the triage stations grieved that there were not more survivors to treat. All they could do was wash the grit out of the rescuers' eyes. Every so often the Klaxon sounded...
...107th floor could not accommodate the machine, and he would attend to them manually, suspended from a harness. Camaj, 60, was on the observation deck on the 107th floor in 1993 when a bomb hit the building. It took him 2 1/2 hours to descend by stair, his mouth covered with one of his damp sponges, his doffed shirt covering the mouth of a pregnant woman he escorted down. He was back at work the next day. "He said working that high up took some getting used to at first, but he found it peaceful, his escape," says...
...punk atmposphere of Matthews 407 was not enough to scare off local vandals. Last Thursday, Li and Tanenhaus were startled to find a condom missing from Menelaos throat. Well be actively accepting any and all donations to help replace the loss. Li never looks a gift horse in the mouth...
Imagine, she said, of being afraid to say your full name because your last name sounds Muslim. Of being afraid to open your mouth in public because your foreign accent would arouse suspicion. Of being frightened of wearing your religious garments because onlookers might grimace with disgust. Or of being afraid to visit your mosque because you might be caught in the crossfire of drive-by shootings. The unrelenting threat of having your identity perpetually misconceived and questioned is nothing less than psychological terrorism...
...felt strange walking to church, and stranger still entering it, for I am prone to skepticism, particularly where matters of the spirit are concerned. I know about the death wrought by religion, the divisive, imperial-laden turns it can take, the hatred it can pull out of the mouth of love. Much the same I could sayunpopular as it is to do soabout the United States of America, a nation that has wreaked havoc on other nations in the name of peace and freedom and justice. Something about church and state, their ever-incomplete separation (In God We Trust...