September 11 cartoons
I stumbled upon a collection of September 11 cartoons, some of which are quite touching. One is a very simple picture of Uncle Sam on a couch, his top hat beside him, bent over and weeping into his hands. Another simple cartoon shows a fireman in a soiled fire jacket with a Superman ‘S’ sewn on the back. One cartoon has two kids trading cards; one says, “I’ll trade you two Michael Jordans and a Barry Bonds for one New York Fireman.”
A stirring cartoon shows the American eagle sitting on a stool with a determined look, holding a file, and sharpening his talons. Another shows the moon with Earth in the distance; you see the plume of smoke coming out of New York, and the U.S. flag on the moon at half mast. The final one I’ll mention shows a tree and a corner of a driveway. The text reads:
There’s a small corner of my driveway at home that I often find myself staring at.
It’s where this guy I knew, Pat Danahy, sat in his car for well over an hour with the engine running. He refused to get out because it was cold that morning, and his little girl was asleep in her car-seat and he couldn’t bear to wake her.
The last anybody saw of him, he was helping his co-workers evacuate their offices at Fiduciary Trust near the top of the World Trade Center.
Like I said, I stare at that spot a lot.
They are worth checking out.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 6:27 pm