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...second floor. Five chairs off to the side, west of the others, are for those who died outside the building. They are positioned on a slight rise leading to a scarred wall--all that is left standing of the building--and look down to a long black reflecting pool, three-quarters of an inch deep and flush against the surrounding granite pathway of stones salvaged from the rubble. They have the warm, pinto colors of the Southwest...
...side of the pool stand fledgling trees, the "Rescuers' Orchard," and a magnificent "Survivor Tree," for those who lived through the blast and for the act of survival itself. Scorched and stripped of leaves by the bombing, it now shimmers with a rich green. The memorial is framed by two massive bronze entrance gates: the 9:01 Gate and the 9:03 Gate, the lettering done like a digital clock. The minutes signify the times just before and after the explosion. The hour of 9:02 is represented by the chairs...
...moment, the sky is layered in horizontal stripes of deep blue, gray and orange. I sit where Jeanine said she most liked to sit--on a bench across the reflecting pool from the rows of chairs. Karen's is aligned with an American flag flapping against a high pole near the back wall. Jeanine can orient herself in relation to it. I take the same position. The pool is blacker this evening, the ripples tighter; they make the dark water look like the ridges of an old 78 phonograph record. A stiff breeze blows the flag against the pole...
...power of a picture like Amanda and Her Cousin Amy. Mark knows something about the way children learn the poses of adulthood, the ones that will do them only so much good as adults. The barely postpubescent girl who flourishes her cigarette at us in a swimming pool looks as if she has already learned the ropes. Whether those are the ropes worth learning is an open question. It may even be the question in the anxious eyes of that little girl wading behind her, the one who could well be a stand-in for all the misgivings...
...case of water-borne outbreaks, people become infected after coming into contact with swimming or drinking water that?s been contaminated with sewage and/or human or animal fecal matter. With that delightful image in mind, doctors recommend taking the following precautions around water: Avoid swallowing lake or pool water when swimming; do everyone a favor and don?t swim when you are having gastrointestinal issues; keep children who wear diapers out of the water. Everybody, with the notable exception of a few frustrated E. coli bacteria, will thank you for your diligence...