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Cell phones ringing... (Original Post)
one_voice
Jun 2016
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lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)1. Some of the callers must be frantic.
I hope they have someone with them when they get confirmation.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)2. I remember hearing that same story after a train crash.
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)3. A very chilling thought. n/t
Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. It happened at VA Tech
Pretty much every mass casualty since then, too
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)5. This is terrible...
I remember that a lot of the Sandy Hook investigators needed counseling after they completed their work, it might be the case here as well.
lapfog_1
(29,204 posts)6. ground zero on 9/11
I'll never forget the firefighters locator alarms...
csziggy
(34,136 posts)8. Yes, it still haunts me
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)11. Someone had to explain to me what they were. I thought
I was hearing cicadas.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)7. awful
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)9. What a nightmare for those poor people.
Behind the Aegis
(53,956 posts)10. My mother called.
We aren't even in Florida!
There are lots of friends and families who are in pain.
Of course, there is also the frantic texts and facebook messages sent out by the victims. One was sent to his mother telling her, essentially, he was about to die. My mother would have lost it.