gunsmith
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the morning of 9 11 01
I called some friends in NYC and told them to go buy water and food now, some asked me why!
Then I went and did the same, the streets were quiet- evrybody was watchin TV, the next day same...there was a bum on the side walk really agitated, yelling about "how it's all in NY any way" he tried to corner me he was bugging out as he was used to the regular SF north beach crowds to keep him in cigs and cheap wine & spare change. "you got any change man" he asked me, it was way more of a demand. I said no and tried to dodge him & he blocked my path (he was twice my size, a tall black ex con used to intimidating san francisco chumps) "man gimme a ciggerette" ....I lost my patience, I'm a native New Yorker and had been watching my friends die ...I used to be a NY bike messenger and saw a biker struggle with his bike out of the dust. I Had been in the towers working many times myself.... I yelled get the (expletive deleted) out of my way now! he was kinda surprised and tried to glare at me to somehow intimidate me...I grabbed the handle of my revolver in my pocket..."Or what" he said ...I said "or die" looking him square in the eye....he sat down and mumbled "man, I would just kill for a ciggerette"...I went and got more water and batteries, the stores were still empty of people , plenty of supplies..I got a call from my boss, they had a delivery to Calistoga . when I got off my motocycle and had lunch, nobody in the expensive anti starbucks coffe shop was talking about the attack, or even concerned . Calistoga could care less. I had my coffee, read the newspaper and tried not get angry at a bunch of brain dead uber liberals.
I called some friends in NYC and told them to go buy water and food now, some asked me why!
Then I went and did the same, the streets were quiet- evrybody was watchin TV, the next day same...there was a bum on the side walk really agitated, yelling about "how it's all in NY any way" he tried to corner me he was bugging out as he was used to the regular SF north beach crowds to keep him in cigs and cheap wine & spare change. "you got any change man" he asked me, it was way more of a demand. I said no and tried to dodge him & he blocked my path (he was twice my size, a tall black ex con used to intimidating san francisco chumps) "man gimme a ciggerette" ....I lost my patience, I'm a native New Yorker and had been watching my friends die ...I used to be a NY bike messenger and saw a biker struggle with his bike out of the dust. I Had been in the towers working many times myself.... I yelled get the (expletive deleted) out of my way now! he was kinda surprised and tried to glare at me to somehow intimidate me...I grabbed the handle of my revolver in my pocket..."Or what" he said ...I said "or die" looking him square in the eye....he sat down and mumbled "man, I would just kill for a ciggerette"...I went and got more water and batteries, the stores were still empty of people , plenty of supplies..I got a call from my boss, they had a delivery to Calistoga . when I got off my motocycle and had lunch, nobody in the expensive anti starbucks coffe shop was talking about the attack, or even concerned . Calistoga could care less. I had my coffee, read the newspaper and tried not get angry at a bunch of brain dead uber liberals.