Where were you? - Page 4

Hagar · 09-13-2006, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

... But, it might have been a big help to the donors, feeling they could do something, anything, when they were feeling helpless...

...all this talk of blood donation reminded me, I too went to give blood the day after the attacks. I'm a semi regular donor normally, but was way overdue when it all happened. I realise that this action was completely irrational in relation to 9/11, but there was just this feeling like you HAD to do something. I guess it was out of a feeling of helplessness.

That in itself troubles me a bit. I didn't really have any right to be feeling as bad as I did (do) about the attacks; like I said, I wasn't personally affected in any way. The feeling was there nonetheless. I guess it was that all our way-of-lives had been attacked, and that things wouldn't be the same again.

Spexxvet · 09-13-2006, 08:02 AM

I think it was those feelings in congress that allowed the patriot act and Iraq war to be approved.

bbro · 09-13-2006, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by breakingnews

If I remember correctly, donor blood can only be kept for something like 60 days.....

(Just an FYI)
It actually depends on the product that they are talking about - there are three different products that can be gotten out of a Whole Blood donation (There are 3 other kinds of donation):

Shelf-life
Red Cells – 42 days
Platelets – 5 days
Plasma – 1 year

BrianR · 09-15-2006, 07:23 PM

I was still in the Navy at that time. I had been out inspecting the docks and came in between the first and second planes. I remember thinking that it was a horrible accident the first time but when I saw the second plane hit, I knew it was deliberate and was ready to get back aboard my ship and go kick ass on whoever it was that did it.

SteveDallas · 09-15-2006, 08:53 PM

At some point (it wasn't immediately after, but not a long time) I called up to donate blood. I usually go a couple times a year. They said they had too many donors and not to bother.

Two days later I got a letter in the mail beseeching me to donate because they were so short.

Anyway. On the day itself I came straight into my office and booked airline tickets for two trips I needed to take. After I was done my boss stuck his head in my door and asked me if I had heard anything about an airplane accident in New York City.

Pie · 09-15-2006, 09:25 PM

I guess it was a symbolic bloodletting for the rest of us, to let us somehow share in the carnage.

barefoot serpent · 10-11-2006, 03:06 PM

OK, this time it was some knucklehead in a Cessna... I think.

barefoot serpent · 10-11-2006, 04:33 PM

hmmm... make that a knuckleballer...

09-13-2006, 08:02 AM	#47
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I think it was those feelings in congress that allowed the patriot act and Iraq war to be approved. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

09-15-2006, 07:23 PM	#49
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I was still in the Navy at that time. I had been out inspecting the docks and came in between the first and second planes. I remember thinking that it was a horrible accident the first time but when I saw the second plane hit, I knew it was deliberate and was ready to get back aboard my ship and go kick ass on whoever it was that did it. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

09-15-2006, 09:25 PM	#51
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I guess it was a symbolic bloodletting for the rest of us, to let us somehow share in the carnage. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-11-2006, 03:06 PM	#52
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	OK, this time it was some knucklehead in a Cessna... I think. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

10-11-2006, 04:33 PM	#53
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	hmmm... make that a knuckleballer... __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

09-15-2006, 08:53 PM	#50
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	At some point (it wasn't immediately after, but not a long time) I called up to donate blood. I usually go a couple times a year. They said they had too many donors and not to bother. Two days later I got a letter in the mail beseeching me to donate because they were so short. Anyway. On the day itself I came straight into my office and booked airline tickets for two trips I needed to take. After I was done my boss stuck his head in my door and asked me if I had heard anything about an airplane accident in New York City.

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