Thanks for sending this, Martha. I, too, hope that one of the outcomes of what happened is a coming together of many nations. > ---------- > From: Martha Kolln > Reply To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Our nation's tragedey > > Dear friends: > > I just received this email from a cousin in Norway: > > "It's with grief and shock we got the news about the cruel and cowardly > attack on your country and all those innocent people. We can hardly find > words to express how sad we're feeling, but our sympathy is with you and > also with all those unknown people who have been killed, maimed or have > lost their loved ones. > The whole thing is so unreal that you almost have to check that you are > awake. Beside the human tragedy, this is also a threat to all democratic > nations in the free world including our country, so even if we are far > away > in distance it does also feel very close. One good thing, if one can say > that in a situation like this, is that the world's major nations seem to > have become more united and determined to fight these evel elements > together." > > > > I wanted to share it with you because I'm sure it represents the > feelings > of average citizens all over Europe. Cousin Helge has been here in > America > several times; he has a special feeling for New York because he > participated in the NY Marathon three years ago. > > At times like this, of ocurse, grammar issues that we would normally > debate > have taken a secondary place in our lives. > > Warmest regards to you all. > > Martha > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/