How many lives were indirectly ruined, 9/11/01

[sbsb]

I don't in any way wish to diminish the horrible tragedy that befell those that died or were friends or relatives of those on that fateful morning. I was just curious if any others are causalities of it in indirect ways. I had worked for the same company for 12 years and became the manager of my department after several promotions. As a new manager and being promoted from the working ranks I was in a constant struggle with my former coworkers to establish my new position. I developed anxiety and depression problems during the course of this struggle and was put on several medications in an attempt to fight it off. That was late 1999 and in 2000 things started taking a downturn in the economy and thus in the department I had newly taken charge of. Mid year 2001 things were on a slight upswing and 9/11 hit. My delicate psyche was not up to the prolonged abuse from my rebellious crew and daily phone calls from my boss, asking why the numbers are down. The attacks hit a very emotional cord for my wife and myself. We were both very sad at the loss of life and shock at just how could this happen. For me personally it was just a bad set of circumstances that piled one on top of the other. I fell into a very deep depression. There is much more to the story but the bottom line is I lost it and just walked off the job, one day in October 2001. Things have never been the same and don't look like they ever will again. My wife has stood by me through all this and maintains her love, caring and concern for me. I would suspect that there is many more who have experienced problems in the aftermath of 9/11 and I wanted to see if there were any here.

 

[sammystingray]

Seriously, and not to belittle your problems, there are untold thousands and thousands of people out of work in every area across the country because of 9/11 and the economy. Businesses have been folding all around me......there are thousands and thousands of people out of work because of 9/11 that are within miles of me. One place closed, not more than three months ago, that laid-off 1800 workers, and it's been going on since that fateful day. Just on the street I work on, in a stretch of about one single mile, about 6 multi-million dollar companies have shut the doors in this area. Very tough times.
I would say almost EVERYONE has been indirectly effected by 9/11. Don't let things get you down.....things always work out one way or another. Before 9/11 I was making 60,000 a year.......trust me, I am not even close to that now. I was depressed to step down to lower pay, but I should have just been enjoying the fact I was alive and that people cared. Just have to move on.
I believe a LOT of my confidence appearantly was coming from my paycheck, and when it was gone.......I didn't feel as important in life....I was proud for all the wrong reasons, but I now am glad that job is gone......on top of that, I got rid of a bad coke problem by losing that money.....hahaha my new found poverty may have saved my life. Chin up, and be proud for the right reasons. That's my experience, and yeah, 9/11 is still closing companies all over the place here. They struggle until they can't anymore, and then more workers are laid-off......:nervous:

 

[rbmount]

Sammy, I agree. Those nuts are hurting our economy without even commiting another act. They cost our country untold millions just with their intercepted chatter. SBSB, hang in there, you aren't alone. In this economy, all companies are driving employees harder. I've been with Bellsouth for 33 yrs and they change our numbers every stinkin time we start making them. I wonder when they will realize they are going to get to the point that no one will make them. All I can say to you is hang in there.

 

[daniel411]

Sammy, very well spoken. Hopefully we can all just hang in and help eachother, and eventually their will be a rebound. Just hopefully not another bull market/economy.

 

[jkvjl]

I sat by the TV crying all morning because of the lose of live's and the family's that lost loved one's. But on a positive note I will never forget 9/11 because that was the day I found out my wife and me were having a baby girl..

 

[fishman830]

because of all teh lay offs.. my fr ined had ot move back to england

 

[tony detroit]

Regardless of 9/11, One World Economy is on its way. Many, MANY more are going to lose their jobs unless trade agreements are reevaluated. You can thank your government employees for not giving a slight, even remote care about you, your family, or your community.

 

[sbsb]

Thank you Sammy and everybody else for the kind words. You all seem like caring people.

 

[scotts]

Sb, to answer your initial question I would say that 9/11 effected all of us in some indrect way. I have to admit that I think about it at least in some way almost every day.
But dude let me tell you I have been in the trenches myself. I will not go into the details but let me tell you me and my wife had a bad time. We had a rule that we could not both lose it on the same day. This was around the same time that we had a bad earthquake here in So Cal. Many of the concrete supports for the bridges cracked, but they did not break. One day I realized that I was like those supports, I may have cracked, but I did not break. Ever since then that revelation it has helped me. Every once in awhile I still lose, but that is usually temporary.
Please tell me if you read this, because I feel like a complete idiot to tell this in public for people who cannot understand what it is like, so I wouild like to delete this after you read it.
Also if you would like you can e-mail me at skschndeiderNOSPAM@adelphia.net Take out the NOSPAM part.
Scott

 

[sbsb]

Scotts, I read your message so you can delete it if you like. I tried to send an e-mail as instructed but it would not go through. I'll try to e-mail again tomorrow.
Steve