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East Coast Trip

Date: Oct 01 2002

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Hi Friends!
A few weeks ago I took a quick trip out to New York City for some business meetings. I was actually there on the one-year anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Yesterday, Beth and I talked about my trip. Listen below to hear about my experiences!

Dialog

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Beth

Tanis

Beth: So Tanis, how was your trip to New York?

Tanis: Oh, you know… it was like, a little of this, a little of that. (Laughs)

Beth: Were you there for business or for pleasure?

Tanis: Oh, I was there working mostly, but, um… You know, I had a little bit of pleasure mixed in. Kind of… I was there on September 11th, the anniversary of, uh, the terrorist attacks. So, that was maybe less pleasure, but it was still really interesting to be there.

Beth: It must have been exciting. Were there, a lot of patriotic things going on and a lot of memorial services?

Tanis: Yeah, there were all kinds of different memorials.

Beth: What an exceptional time to be there. It must have just been so moving to see all these people coming out and supporting the…

Tanis: Yeah, it really was. And I think, um, in Grand Central Station they still have a lot of the, um, either the, “Help Me Find My Brother” type fliers or else, um, tributes to people who actually passed away in, um, the, the World Trade Center… I guess, “bombing” – I don’t know what to call it. Um… but, it was really moving to see that, and see the reaction to, um, to all of that type of stuff a year later. And how I felt too! I mean, I cried several times throughout the day!

Beth: I’m sure it must have been a very emotional time for everyone there!

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Discussion

This is a difficult conversation to follow because there are so many pauses in the conversation. You may notice that I do not always complete my thoughts when I am speaking, and several times I move on to a new sentence before I have completed what I was saying. I think part of the reason I do this so often is because September 11th is very difficult to talk about, and I am uncomfortable expressing the way I feel about it.
Even though it might be frustrating, this is a good conversation to follow along with and learn from. I promise that they don’t get very much more difficult than this one!
I hope you all have a wonderful week friends!
Tanis