Reply #37: As A NYer, In The City At The Time

[Me.]

I'd have to say my feelings are different than yours. And aside from the attack itself, other things that you didn't hear about or see on television held it in place. Like the sound of helicopters, even weeks after, in the early hours of the morning flying around and waking up to wonder if you should be worried. Or the posters that went up in my upper west side neighborhood asking us to attend the funeral of a local fireman and arriving at the church to see the streets lined with people, so many that only about half could fit in the church. The restaurants and streets filled with people the night of because people wanted to be comforted by the presence of others. After the initial shock that most people in the country experienced it was the small moments and life unusual that lingered long after the buildings fell. But it may be that you had to be in one of the three places to feel the full impact of the shock.