> London over the last 30 years has had several terrorist bombs. > colin > remmebrering clearly the 24/7 state of alert.
Until 9/11, I don't think it had ever really occurred to us in the U.S. that we could be so vulnerable. Yes, there had been OKC and WTC '93 before that, but the sheer magnitude of the events of 9/11 really shook us to the core. Now there's this strange boy in Maryland, DC, and Virginia ... I think I understand - finally, to at least some extent - the way so much of the rest of the world (London, Northern Ireland, Israel, Palestine, Bosnia, Kosovo, Vietnam, Korea ... on and on, insanity) has been living. With fear. With anxiety. With not knowing what or who is next, or from which direction it may come. But somehow we find a way to cope and live our lives anyway, because the human spirit looks for good and finds it, and pushes on. Again, Love to all of you. Lori ~
