As 9/11 comes to a close I want to bump up a post on Marcy Borders that was created on the day of her death back in 2015 here in BGOL. She was called 'dusty lady'
Below is the story about her and the BGOL thread. R.I.P Marcy Borders
The 'dusty lady' of 9/11 dies: Iconic survivor Marcy Borders succumbs to stomach canc
Discussion in 'Blackgirl Online' started by Gye78, Aug 25, 2015.
https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/t...marcy-borders-succumbs-to-stomach-canc.862385
White people fearing themselves. Who is the real terrorist. Every since whites came out of the caves in Europe they have taken over with unlimited evil and terrorism. We as blacks have always been the real target of terrorism. Ships would take toxin material to Somalia and dump it on their shores and the toxin materials was making the kids sick. But what was popular in the media was Somalian pirates trying to get some kind of revenge by attacking and robbing ships.Even though there are plenty of black folks that were affected by 9/11. I think on the whole, 9/11 didn't scare black folks like it scared white folks.
Terrorism is one thing that white supremacy can't protect them from.
Shit happen to people everyday. The hi jackers of that plane was stationed on military bases and was being trained there for some reason. We are actually fools and do not know the difference between freedom fighters and terrorist. To the slave masters in the south Nat Turner was a terrorist. But to slaves on the plantations he was a hero. Right now any struggle for freedom is labeled as a terrorist or enemy combatant.When you’re in the room when your co-worker gets a call from her fiancé telling her he’s not going to make it, he loves her, and he wants her to live her life. And you hear the panic and pain in her voice, then you see her lose her mind afterward telling people she’s engaged for months after he’s already gone...
That shit stays with you.
I know BGOL is too cool to give a fuck about anything and hates everybody, but I hope I never get so emotionally fucked up that nothing moves me.
When you’re in the room when your co-worker gets a call from her fiancé telling her he’s not going to make it, he loves her, and he wants her to live her life. And you hear the panic and pain in her voice, then you see her lose her mind afterward telling people she’s engaged for months after he’s already gone...
That shit stays with you.
I know BGOL is too cool to give a fuck about anything and hates everybody, but I hope I never get so emotionally fucked up that nothing moves me.
If you were personally touched by it, any tragedy really. Then I understand. For most people it's nothing more than a footnote in history. Not saying it's right, but... It seems to be be mainly grandstanding at this point. Because if its about innocent people dying then there should be more outrage at what came after in the name of 9-11. If its about Americans suffering, then people in PR not getting aid should have more people fucked up. If it's simply about people in general............ You see what I'm saying??? There have been so many humanitarian fuck ups just in the last 3 years that most of the people saying never forget, simply dont give a shit about because... So I think to allot of black people. It was the world finally saying fuck you cacs and your shit. Frankly as much fucked up shit as weve done in the name of "democracy" we should be thankful 9-11 is all we got.
Shit happen to people everyday. The hi jackers of that plane was stationed on military bases and was being trained there for some reason. We are actually fools and do not know the difference between freedom fighters and terrorist. To the slave masters in the south Nat Turner was a terrorist. But to slaves on the plantations he was a hero. Right now any struggle for freedom is labeled as a terrorist or enemy combatant.
We are working and paying taxes to the real terrorist. From what I have seen and studied so far America has yet to try some people that they just tell us they guilty because they said they are guilty. Whites will kill anybody that bring the truth to them. Or any black that can successfully separate blacks from whites and do for self and kind. It is just like in Jonestown they studied how to keep other people out of their business, and plotted to kill everybody before they allow what was really going on to be exposed. Ferguson should have showed any conscious black that we are the real target.
If you were personally touched by it, any tragedy really. Then I understand. For most people it's nothing more than a footnote in history. Not saying it's right, but... It seems to be be mainly grandstanding at this point. Because if its about innocent people dying then there should be more outrage at what came after in the name of 9-11. If its about Americans suffering, then people in PR not getting aid should have more people fucked up. If it's simply about people in general............ You see what I'm saying??? There have been so many humanitarian fuck ups just in the last 3 years that most of the people saying never forget, simply dont give a shit about because... So I think to allot of black people. It was the world finally saying fuck you cacs and your shit. Frankly as much fucked up shit as weve done in the name of "democracy" we should be thankful 9-11 is all we got.
I can agree with this 100%.
It's all grandstanding at this point. I never tell anyone they should never forget it. I just have some personal connections. Hell, 8 months before, I interviewed with a company on the 90 something floor of the south tower three times. They told me they really, liked me, wanted to hire me, but someone else had more experience.
And that's how close I came to being in the building when it happened. So I think a lot about that stuff, what I would have done, etc.
I glad you looked you over brother. With your connections to it, I understand your outlook.
my uncle worked in one the towers. 13th floor. when a plane the 1st tower, their supe was telling them to go back to work. my uncle got the fuck out of there. he seen the 2nd tower dropped once he was in nj.If my brother-in-law hadn't taken my niece(who was 6 at the time) to school, he would have died. He worked for AON in the Workd Trade Center. He got to work jsut in time to see debris falling and booked the fuck outta there. He lost friends and co-workers.
Lol it is the way you took it. To me it is something strange about those phone calls. But either way we are targets and concentrating on building a nation based on how life was in the beginning before other races were grafted from us. The so called Garden Of Eden. This is my priority in life and not only will it save the babies but we are saving our own lives.You just proved my point. I didn't say shit about any of the politics. I just had empathy for another human being. You're so caught up in your war and your misinformation and being wrong when you think you're right, that you don't have time to be a human.
I talked about one person I knew and you're talking about hijackers, nat turner, slaves, ferguson, and jonestown in one dumbass run-on rambling sentence.
I have nothing else to say to you on this. You can respond, and I'm sure you will, but I won't read it.
I have read some of that patriot act. I have heard about some of the strange stuff located in it. And some strange things that have already been done because of it. It helps America keep a lock down. But we have no idea what they are really doing. Or what is really going on. We got private mercenary armies that are contracted out by the pentagon. We also got privately owned prisons who work with the system to keep more people locked up and on their plantation.after I read the patriot act.
I’ll never forget it. I was down (I wanna say 5-6 blocks away) there when it happened and stayed there for three straight days after. I’ll never forget the people walking by the building I was at covered from head to toe in ash. I remember standing outside and seeing both buildings fall with my own eyes. Fortunately I didn’t know anyone in the building, but the memories remain
Please hit us with the long anecdote.My best friend went to BMCC and I left work early to meet him and play chess and bullshit. I popped out from Chambers Street and walked down the block to see everyone crowded in the street. The craziest shit about that was that the people were quiet; no yelling or immediate panic, everyone just looking downtown as if what we were watching couldn’t be real.
As i crossed the street and started to run towards the school and saw most of the students were coming outside as well. I had a cell but it wasn’t working so I couldn’t page him (beepers were still a thing back then...) but thankfully he was on the bridge where we agreed to meet. From there, we could see one of the towers was already on fire.
I do not want to hijack the thread with a long anecdote about that day, but someone I knew - passed on that day. People already started screaming and crying so I couldn’t hear the bodies hitting the ground, but people turning into pink mist isn’t something you unsee. I can also say that I saw and heard things that totally go against the narrative they push.
At the end of the day I am grateful that I lived and i try to make every day count since then.
This sums up a lot about how I feel even though I wasn't born in NY.
my uncle worked in one the towers. 13th floor. when a plane the 1st tower, their supe was telling them to go back to work. my uncle got the fuck out of there. he seen the 2nd tower dropped once he was in nj.
On 9/11/01. In short, never was.
We reference racism/slavery, and their response is...get over it.
They reference 9/11 and their response is...never forget.
It's as simple as that.
Please hit us with the long anecdote.