1) Ngaphakathi kuMathambo
Ingxoxo-mpikiswano ekhulayo malunga nokuba iphinde yakhiwe iZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi ikhumbula kum emva kwemini endichithe ngaphakathi kwamathambo eTwin Towers xa zazisakhiwa. Ngenjikalanga emva phaya ngo-1970 xa babengekakhutshwa ngaphandle kwaye imigangatho ephezulu isavulekele esibhakabhakeni. Imva kwemini endenze ndaziva ndinxibelelana nezakhiwo i-aesthetes yoyilo kudala ichasile. (Emva phayaa ngo-1980, omnye umgxeki owaphumelela amabhaso wade wabiza iTwin Towers isizathu sokuzila.)
Ngomhla we-blustery ngoJanuwari, ndakhwela ixesha elide ndinyusa ndaya kwindawo yamabhanti angenanto kunye neeplanga kumgangatho wekhulu, apho wawuva ukuba umoya wasebusika ubetha nangona isakhelo sinokukuvuthuzela uye kwizibuko ukuba awuzange Bambelela entweni, kodwa bekungekho nto ibambekayo ngaphandle kweebhanti ezigutyungelwe ngengubo egudileyo yegwebu le-asbestos. (Okungakumbi malunga neasbestos okomzuzwana.)
Isizathu sam esisemthethweni sokwenza ukunyuka okukhwankqisayo yayikukujonga abantu abamnyama. Makhe ndikucacisele. Bendisenza uthotho lweLizwi malunga nokunyanzeliswa kokufunwa kwabantu abambalwa kwiimanyano zabasebenzi zokwakha ezimhlophe esixekweni. IZiko loRhwebo leHlabathi, eyona projekthi inkulu yokwakha kwimbali yesixeko, yayijolise kule mpikiswano.
Intatheli ye-Port Authority, eyayisakha iWT.C., yandimema ukuba ndimpheleke ndiye phezulu kwiinqaba ezivulekileyo ndize ndizibonele ngokwam ubukho babasebenzi bamaNegro. (Khange ayitsho ngaloo magama ngqo, kodwa ibingumxholo.)
Sithe xa sisehla kwilifti kumgangatho wekhulu lezinto (ndiyalibala ukuba yeyiphi inqaba; ndicinga ukuba siye senyuka sobabini), ndiye ndadibana nenye yezona zinto zinzima zolawulo lukaLindsay lwentlekele yeenjongo ezintle, njengoko kuye kwabizwa njalo.
Ukuthetha nge-irony, ukuvela okomzuzwana malunga nemfazwe ebonakalayo, i-fatwa, ngokuchasene nento ehlala ichazwa gwenxa njenge-irony. Ndothuswa ngokukodwa kukubona unjingalwazi esaziwa ngokuhlekisa kwakhe ngamajelo eendaba esiba sisithethi sokuhlonela uThixo ngokwenza isimemezelo sokufa kuyo yonke into. Waye wajoyinwa ngumbhali wezincoko kwiphephancwadi elaline-jihad ngokuchasene nesigqebelo sajika saba luhlaselo kuye nakubani na owayekhe wazithathela ingqalelo kunaye. Zonke zaphakanyiswa ngumnatha wonxibelelwano werock oluluhlu lwezinto ezingadlaliyo ezibandakanya u-Alanis Morissette's (Is it It).
Ndingacebisa ngentlonipho ukuba uninzi lwabo bathe baqalisa ukuhlasela isigqebelo bahlala bethetha ngokuhlekisa, malunga nokuhlekisa, ngesimo sengqondo, zonke ezingazinzanga xa ujongene noloyiko kunye nobugorha. Ukuba yile nto bayithethayo kuhlaselo lwesigqebelo, iyaqondakala ngokugqibeleleyo.
Kodwa intlekele ayifanelanga ukuba ithi ishiywe yonk 'iyantlukwano, ngakumbi malunga nomba osentliziyweni yempucuko ehlaselwayo. Isigqebelo, kwimbono yaso enzulu, asisweli mxhuzulane; Isigqebelo siyingcwaba; Isigqebelo simalunga nentlekele, malunga nentlekele yokusikelwa umda. Zonke iintlekele zethu ezinkulu, ukusuka kuSophocles ukuya eShakespeare, zithatha into ekubhekiswa kuyo, ngesizathu esivakalayo, njengentsingiselo ebuhlungu: ukuthobeka okubekwe yintlonelo yokungaqiniseki okunzulu kunye nokukhohlakeleyo kwelishwa, lobukho uqobo.
Isigqebelo asikokuhlekisa njengokuthandabuza okujongela phantsi abo babhengeza okanye ababeke phambili malunga nokuzithemba okugqithileyo kunye neminyaka emihlanu, nokuba yeyenkolo okanye eyasemhlabeni. Uhlaselo lwangoSeptemba 11 yayingengomsebenzi wentsimbi; yayingumsebenzi wamagqirha, abo bathabatha ubungcwele ngokugqithileyo. Iinguqulelo zamaSilamsi zeentlobo zikaJerry Falwell abathi, enyanisweni, uluntu olunentsingiselo yentsimbi lufanelwe kukufa. Kubonakala kum kanye njengempendulo engeyiyo ukubajoyina kwaye bazonwabise ngakumbi kunaMcCarthyism wokuhlonela uThixo, ephindaphinda amaxabiso e-mullahs.
Kodwa ukubuyela kwiZiko lezoRhwebo kunye nesigqebelo seenjongo ezintle: Iziphumo ezothusayo zenkqubo yokunyanzelwa yolawulo lwaseLindsay yokukhuthaza ukuqeshwa kwabambalwa kwabonakala phaya kumgangatho wekhulu lezinto zeZiko lezoRhwebo. Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba abanye abambalwa babeqeshiwe; iindaba ezimbi zezokuba uninzi lwabo ndibabonileyo bebeqeshiwe njengabasebenzi be-asbestos.
Kwakungaphambi kokuba i-asbestos ivinjelwe kwizakhiwo, ngaphambi kokuba ikhonkco le-asbestos libulale ngokubulala kakhulu, ukukhula komhlaza wesifuba kunye nesisu esaziwa ngokuba yi-mesotheliomas.
Abasebenzi be-asbestos kumgangatho wekhulu le-somethingth banxibe iisuti ezimhlophe kwaye kubonakala ngathi, xa ujonga emva-xa ucinga iisuti zenyanga zokuba abasebenzi abasusa i-asbestos banxibe le mihla-iimaski zobuso ezingonelanga.
Emva kohlaselo lwango-Septemba 11, kwabakho ibali kwelinye lamaphepha aseNew York malunga nobungozi bendawo yokuhlangula abasebenzi kwi-asbestos, ibali elibhekisa kwinto yokuba i-asbestos kukholeleka ukuba isetyenzisiwe. IZiko loRhwebo.
Yikhlwe. Ukuhamba kumgangatho wekhulu-lethize yayikukuhamba phakathi kwamafu amasuntswana amhlophe aphuma ngaphandle kwethumbu abasebenzi be-asbestos babesebenzisa ukogquma yonke imiqadi yenkxaso enegwebu. Amafu ayenza ibali elinekhulu phantse libe yindawo emangazayo yasebusika enekhephu, njenge nqaba eyayiqatyelwe ngekhephu kaSuperman yedwa, ehlala izidalwa ezimbozwe ngumsizi ezimhlophe ezibandakanya, loo mini, mna. Umahluko omnye: Azange bandinike mask.
Njengoko ndiyayiqonda, uluvo lonyango lwahlulwe malunga nokuba kungakanani okanye ixesha elide ukubonakaliswa kwe-asbestos kufuneka kubangele umhlaza we-mesothelioma. Ngokwenye iwebhsayithi kulo mbuzo, abanye abantu banokuphuhlisa iingxaki ngokusekwe kunqabiseko olunqabileyo. Ngokuyinxalenye, kubonakala ngathi kuxhomekeke kuhlobo lweentsinga ze-asbestos: Iintsinga ze-Amphibole ezinje nge-amosite kunye ne-crocidolite ziyingozi kakhulu ngenxa yemicu efana nenaliti egqobhoza emiphungeni kwaye ingahlala ngokungenammiselo. Iingxelo kwi-asbestos esemoyeni eWT.C Indawo yokuhlangula ithetha ngamanqanaba asezantsi e-chrysotile fibers angenabungozi kangako kwaye awakwazi ukuhlala emiphungeni ixesha elide. Ndicinga ukuba ziindaba ezimnandi ezo, nangona iingxelo zingatsho ukuba azilinganisi na imicu ye-crocidolite yenaliti kuba zazingasetyenziswanga kwi-W.T.C. okanye ngenxa yokuba izixhobo zenzelwe kuphela ukulinganisa i-chrysotile. Ndiyathemba ukuba wonke umntu ngenxa yangaphambili.
Kodwa ngandlela thile, nokuba yeyiphi na imiphumela ekude yezonyango, andizisoli ngokuba ndiye ngaphakathi kwiZiko lezoRhwebo. Ndisoloko ndiziva ndincamathiselwe kweso sakhiwo, bendikhe ndiphaya phezulu ngaphakathi emathanjeni ngexa lokwakhiwa kwalo-uncamathiselo endiziva ngakumbi nangakumbi emva kokutshatyalaliswa kwalo. (Kwizindululo ezahlukeneyo zamatye ezikhumbuzo nokwakhiwa ngokutsha, inye into endiyibonileyo endivakalelwa kukuba kufuneka yenziwe kukugcinwa kwesiqwenga samathambo esinemigangatho elishumi elinesixhenxe esimi ngokukhaliphileyo ngoku.) isiqwenga seZiko lezoRhwebo-kakuhle, imicu yalo ngaphakathi kwamathambo am. Sonke senza ngoku.
2) 'I-Giant Fuck-Usiya esibhakabhakeni'
Nali elinye ibali ukuwa kweTwin Towers elilethe engqondweni: ibali malunga nomqondiso omangalisayo omnye wabakhi beZiko lezoRhwebo elenziwe.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ndibalise eli bali, ndinenye into ebambekayo endinqwenela ukuyenza malunga nokubalisa-okanye ukubalisa, njengoko kuye kwabizwa njalo ngokubonakalayo kutshanje. Enye yezinto ezinomdla endiziphawulileyo kwimicimbi ekhethekileyo malunga nohlaselo lukaSeptemba 11 yindlela ababhali abaninzi abaziva ngayo isidingo sokutsiba ukusixelela ngomsebenzi obalulekileyo oza kwenziwa ngothusayo, ababhali bothusayo njengabo.
Indlela eyenziwa ngayo le nto ngaphandle kokubonakala ngathi iyazinyusa kukuhlala ngokungapheliyo ekubalulekeni kokubaliswa, ukubaluleka kwamabali esiwathethayo. Ngandlela thile, ngokubiza into eyenziwa ngumntu wonke kwiingxelo zeentlekele ezoyikekayo, icebisa ukuba olu luhlobo lomsebenzi oyingcali, onokuphathwa kuphela ngabalungileyo (okt, ababhali). Oku kungaziwa kwamabali kundikhumbuza ibali malunga nomntu owathi wamangaliswa kukufumanisa ukuba ebethetha iprozi ubomi bam bonke.
Ngosuku olunye-emva kokuthumela umgxeki owaziwayo wacaphula ukuncipha owamxelela ukuba iintlungu sikuyo, kokukhona siqhutywa ukuba sibalise, ngokungathi le yayiyingqiqo emangalisayo. Kwiphephancwadi elikhethekileyo leThe Times elikwiintanethi lephephancwadi leCawa, umbhali wenoveli obalaseleyo endimhloniphe kakhulu-wasixelela: Si… sivalelwe yingxelo yethu njengokuba ababulali bevalelwe ngabo. Imbali libali esilamkeleyo; ubomi bethu ngamabali esizixelela wona…. [Uhlaselo lweZiko loRhwebo] yayikukuhlaselwa ngobundlobongela kwenkqubo yokubalisa kwelinye.
Oku kubethelela ubunyani bento eyenzeka emva kwexesha langoku, inkolelo yokuba akukho nto iyinyani yembali, ukuba yonke into ingumbono, wengxelo ibanjiwe. Kwaye onke amabali ayasebenza ngokulinganayo. Ukuba sonke singoonopopi, amabanjwa eengxelo, yenza isigqebelo kubaluleke ngakumbi kuba isigqebelo sibuza imibuzo eyonelisayo njengaleyo yabanqolobi. Kungenxa yoko le nto bayithiyile.
Kwaye kolunye ukuthunyelwa kwi-Intanethi, umbhali wenoveli endimncomileyo wasazisa kakhulu ukuba uhlaselo… yincwadi yeengxelo ezithi zivele kwiZiko loRhwebo leHlabathi kunye nePentagon….
Ewe, ewe, kodwa ngaba kunjalo konke? Kuyinto yangoku yangoku kwaye ikhutshiwe ukunciphisa amabali abantu kwiwebhu yeengxelo, ukuya kwiibhithi kunye nee-byte. Lo mbhali ugqibezele ibali lakhe ngokusixelela, emva koko sayivala umabonwakude saqalisa ukusebenza. Ukuqinisekisa ukuba amazwi abantu baseMelika azakukhala kobu bumnyama bulandelayo.
Andazi… oku kusondela ekucebiseni ukuba ababhali ngandlela thile bafana nabasebenzi abahlangulayo abanesibindi, basebenzela injongo yesizwe sethu ngokusinika amabali.
Ke andiliniki eli bali lilandelayo hayi njengebali, kodwa njengememori ethe yavela. Andiqinisekanga ukuba ndenze ntoni ngayo; inokuba nento yokwenza nesigqebelo, kodwa andiqinisekanga kwaphela ngaloo nto.
Umfazi ondixelele ibali ebebhabha kwiklasi yokuqala ukusuka kwi-LAX ukuya e-JFK. Oku kwakubuyele phakathi kwiminyaka yama-70; wandixelela ibali phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-80. Wayebhabha ebuya kwiAward Academy, apho wayesandula ukuphumelela iOscar. Wayengenguye umdlali weqonga; masimbize nje ngokuba ngumfazi kwifilimu. Wayengumntu owayengazukulenza eli bali, nangona ndicinga ukuba ndiza kushiya isazisi sakhe kunye nesomntu osondele kuye kwikhabhathi yeklasi yokuqala.
Wayemkhuphile u-Oscar, esakufumanisa kunzima ukukholelwa ukuba uzophumelela umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wegolide, kwaye umfana ngapha kweendlela, ngendlela ephantse yakhuphisana, waqala ukumxelela ngempumelelo yakhe enkulu, amawele akhe, ungatsho : Wayengomnye wabakhi beZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi, watsho, kwaye ngelixa wayengenguye umakhi wegama, wayeligama elalimazi ngokunxulumene neTwin Towers.
Kwaye emva kweziselo ezimbalwa kunye nokunxila kwempumelelo yakhe, wafaka konke ukuzingca kunye ne-hubris kwisenzo esinye: Wadubula iingalo zakhe kunye namanqindi emoyeni ngqo phezulu njengeTwin Towers kwaye wakhwaza kakhulu ukuba babini babini uye esibhakabhakeni!
Ukuba omnye ebethanda ukuba nesigqebelo-into endingeyiyo-ungaphantse uthi isibhakabhaka sisandula ukuthumela ezimbini-ubuyile kwiZiko lezoRhwebo okanye kuloo mfo. Kodwa, ewe, yavela ezulwini kuphela; Ithunyelwe ngabadlali beepiyano abakholelwa ukuba, noThixo kwicala labo, naluphi na ulwaphulo-mthetho oluxolelweyo.
3) Ukuvuka okungapheliyo
Ibali lesithathu eliye lavela engqondweni yam malunga neZiko loRhwebo lichaphazela ukuvuka endikhe ndaya khona. Ukuvuka komhlobo owayethanda iTowers, eyayikade ifuna ukuhambisa ishishini layo apho, iye phezulu kwihlabathi. Kodwa khange isebenze ngaloo ndlela, wazibulala enyanisweni, kwaye emva kwetheko elibi kakhulu kwaye elibuhlungu kwi-suite engaphezulu kwenqaba, uninzi lwethu lwalungamangqina ngalo mzuzu xa uthuthu lwayo lwaphoswa phezulu yenqaba yokuqhubela emhlabeni.
Kuko konke. Akukho nto ingako ndinokuyenza ukuyiguqula ibe yingxelo okanye isigqebelo, ngaphandle kokuthi: uthuthu eluthuthwini. Siphila ngoku ngoku, enye, ngeendlela ezithile, ayinakuze iphele.
