I had another post in mind, however I had to change it after what I saw this morning. As some of you know, Times Square can be a very interesting place, you never know what you can find. Since there's so many people walking around (natives and tons of tourists) marketing people have a lot of crazy, innovative promotions. It also helps that the ABC and MTV studios are right here. Well, a lot of times I saw stuff that always made me think "damn, I wish I had my camera to get a picture of this". Well, I've been doing this, capturing people in crazy costumes, celebrities or just weird stuff.
This morning while walking from the subway station to work (about 2 blocks) I saw a big American flag hanging from a car. The closer I got, I started to see some signs and a few pictures. The first picture I saw was showing a close up of two soldiers hugging each other, smiling. I got to the corner, and the light was red, so I got more time to really check the truck (a brown station wagon). The second picture was showing the body of one of those American soldiers from the first picture. He was wearing his uniform and the coffin was covered by the American flag. It was then when I finally was able to check the whole truck. The back door was open and inside there was a coffin covered with the flag. On the right side you could see the boots and his tags around them. Hanging on something next to the truck was his uniform.
I don't know what the intention was with the display. I honestly don't know what else to write, besides that maybe there should be one truck in Times Square for each one of the more than 3000 soldiers killed in Iraq. Maybe, just maybe it is time to rethink the plan (was there a plan to begin with?).
We'll be back with regular programming later on.
This morning while walking from the subway station to work (about 2 blocks) I saw a big American flag hanging from a car. The closer I got, I started to see some signs and a few pictures. The first picture I saw was showing a close up of two soldiers hugging each other, smiling. I got to the corner, and the light was red, so I got more time to really check the truck (a brown station wagon). The second picture was showing the body of one of those American soldiers from the first picture. He was wearing his uniform and the coffin was covered by the American flag. It was then when I finally was able to check the whole truck. The back door was open and inside there was a coffin covered with the flag. On the right side you could see the boots and his tags around them. Hanging on something next to the truck was his uniform.
I don't know what the intention was with the display. I honestly don't know what else to write, besides that maybe there should be one truck in Times Square for each one of the more than 3000 soldiers killed in Iraq. Maybe, just maybe it is time to rethink the plan (was there a plan to begin with?).
We'll be back with regular programming later on.
posted by El Cuervo at 6:03 AM
3 Comments:
Wow, that got to me reading it ... I don't know if I could have seen it without breaking down.
My brother was in Iraq for a year and a half. Too many close calls for my comfort (I'm sure his too). He saw three of his best friends die. On his car he has one of those yellow ribbons (support the troops) for each buddy and wrote their name on each one in big black letters.
I don't think there was much of a plan to begin with. And now it seems as if there is no solution.
Yikes. That's pretty deep and I'm not sure how I would have felt or acted had I seen that this morning. I'm sure a tear would have been shed for the fallen. Wow. It hits home even more when I read stuff like this...
Cripes that's sad.
I just got word last night that a good friend of mine (single mom, mother of two) is supposed to get out of there within the month.
So even though there is a definitive timeline now, I still am scared to death she won't get out.
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