By Jake Richter - NetTech (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5839) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 9:15 am: |
Someone mentioned to me last week while I was in L.A. for the E3 show that Bonaire had come up in some context with respect to Dick Cheney's daughter, Mary.
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By Grasshopper (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #18091) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 10:09 am: |
Jake, thanks, very interesting! We were supposed to fly back from Bonaire on 9/11, but AJ switched flights around and we had to rearrange our schedule and come back a day early...9/10...she sure would have been an interesting guest!
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By DARLENE ELLIS (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2034) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 10:42 am: |
Grasshopper!! We could have met way back then! I was on island during 9/11 and couldn't get a plane out till the following Wednesday and I had to fly home with the broken knee that happened the Monday before leaving. It will be a moment in time that is engraved in my mind forever. Being away from my family and country during that time was an horrific experience. Jake opened up is home to myself and roomates and we all comforted each other as Linda was in the states at the time.
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By Kelly Baum (GDLW) (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4101) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 10:51 am: |
Wow... interesting stuff today ! Darlene... I remember all that with your poor knee.... ouch....
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By Brian (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1537) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 2:35 pm: |
Hoppy
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By George Blanchard (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #189) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:07 pm: |
I find these comments fascinating and very interesting. Would others who were either stranded on Bonaire or there as a guest please add comments. What did the Bonaireans think about the attack? Did things pretty much come to halt on Bonaire as it did in many parts of the U.S.? What about ex-pats? What were your feelings and/or experiences that day?
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By Carole B. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5621) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 11:53 pm: |
Someone I work with told me the other day she had been watching Larry King Live and the VP's daughter was on as a guest and mentioned her Bonaire trip on 9-11 and how they had to get her and her friend off the island.
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By michael gaynor (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2071) on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 9:43 am: |
The Americans who live here were all in a state of shock on 9/11. We receieved tremendous moral support from the local folks as well as the Europeans who lived here.
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By Carole B. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5623) on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 5:52 pm: |
Michael, thanks for the post....maybe we should also post this one in some of the "other" threads that have been dragging on a bit of late. It's times like 9-11 that people have the best and worst come out in them...mostly the "best" is what occurs and what we all remember. Thanks for sharing. Carole
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By ...boom dee ay (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1601) on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 8:45 pm: |
I agree with George - fascinating topic for discussion. Something I hadn't thought about before.
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By Russ Coash (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #147) on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:09 pm: |
Correct me if I'm wrong - but Mary really did not see a "cuttlefish" in bonaire. Probably a squid right?
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