Did she send this into the paper? It'd be great if she did!

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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:17:24 -0700, "BTIZ"
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My daughter's response.. she attends UMASS Boston...

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My friend Linda and I were on our way to North Station to pick up the train
to Salem. We were at the school shuttle bus stop, and I heard the planes,
and I went "Oooooooo! Biplanes!". I thought nothing else, but I wondered
what air show they were headed for.

The next day, in the Globe, that article. It made me angry at the utter
inability of my fellow Bostonians to process information in a logical
fashion. Biplanes, usually, are pretty hard to come by, and I assume that
flying them is fairly more difficult than hijacking a heavy metal airliner.

"Several people phoned the Boston Police to report 'planes on fire in the
sky'," said the article. Apparently, not many can tell white trick smoke
from the true billowing black of a plane on fire, either. The four planes
circled three times, keeping formation, and then left the area. People are
irate because the FAA did not alert the police to the impending flight --
and I said, why should they? The flight was not a danger, and maybe they
just figured people could tell a simple flight show formation from a plane
on a rampage? One man, in the article, angrily declared: "September 11 just
happened! We don't need something like this!" Excuse me, but September 11,
2001 was two and a half years ago.

It's time to stop living in the shadow of fear and get back to living your
lives, people, just like you were living them before the attacks. I live and
work and go to school right under the most-used flight path to Logan. As I
was sitting outside the office yesterday, I noticed that an Air France, two
Songs, and an Aer Lingus were landing. I could read them clearly -- wouldn't
that be a little close for comfort for Crazy Prudential Man?

I didn't mind, but then again, spending your formative years on an Air Force
base will make you aware of what planes should and should not be doing. I
know that I am on the entrance path to Logan, and so I am aware of what the
planes are doing. If I didn't know that, I might be nervous, but I know, and
knowledge is the power to assess situations and act and react according. If
I saw a plane that low over Back Bay, or Melrose, or Grandma's house, then I
would have cause to worry -- because I know that planes should not be there
like that. Be aware of your surroundings, people!

You should have always been aware of where you were and what was going on.
The airport and the MBTA shouldn't have to be telling you to keep an eye out
for suspicious persons or events, because you should have been doing that
already! It's common sense to know what is usual and unusual in your
environment -- it's what keeps little fluffy bunnies alive in the
wilderness, and we aren't bunnies, and we don't live in the wild, so we
should be able to at least do what the bunnies do! GET WITH THE PROGRAM,
PEOPLE!

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