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In reply to the discussion: I knew - KNEW - the guilt trolls would show up before long. [View all]Dorian Gray
(13,578 posts)People care more about things that happen closer to them. This attack also instills fear in many people that we are never safe, anywhere. That is freaky and saddening. Furthermore, most of us know people in Boston. I went to college there. It's been years since I've lived there. I do know people who live there and work there. I love the city. I'm sorry that they had to live through this. It's horrible.
I'm also a NYer and lived on 29th and Madison during the 9-11 attack. Many NYers, even if they don't personally know people in Boston, feel saddened about this. They empathize deeply and know how helpless the people of Boston are feeling.
Plus, an 8 year old child died. That's tragic.
People lost their limbs. Of course we care about people we don't know. As careless as it sounds, we saw images of this yesterday.
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