So many times during all this I’ve been reminded of this phone call on 9/11. I tried to find it again but it’s gone. A woman kept calling 911 asking if someone was coming to get her. She was weeping. She didn’t make any attempt to get out. She stayed at her desk, crying, asking 911 when they were coming to save her. Of course, if there had been a way for a fireman to get to her, that way would also have been available for her to get herself out, by herself, but she didn’t even try. I knew people in the towers that day that got out. Hell, I knew a guy that was there for the ‘93 bombing. The tragic lesson is that in an emergency, you have to keep your wits about you, and take care of yourself. So many people are just digging in their heels, completely unwilling to do that now. They just want someone to save them. You have to save yourself.
So many times during all this I’ve been reminded of this phone call on 9/11. I tried to find it again but it’s gone. A woman kept calling 911 asking if someone was coming to get her. She was weeping. She didn’t make any attempt to get out. She stayed at her desk, crying, asking 911 when they were coming to save her. Of course, if there had been a way for a fireman to get to her, that way would also have been available for her to get herself out, by herself, but she didn’t even try. I knew people in the towers that day that got out. Hell, I knew a guy that was there for the ‘93 bombing. The tragic lesson is that in an emergency, you have to keep your wits about you, and take care of yourself. So many people are just digging in their heels, completely unwilling to do that now. They just want someone to save them. You have to save yourself.