Gothamist: September 11 as New York Magazine's Big What If

DeeJay

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:48:06 -0500

except tsunami's are an act of god, not hate, i think that's the difference.

Jack

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:32:36 -0500

I remember 9/11. I remember thinking that it was the most horrible thing to ever happen. I also remember thinking afterwards that New York City was great, because we truly came together after that. But then the Tsunami opened my eyes even more. 100x the casualties. 100 times is unimaginable. I almost forgot the world is bigger than New York City.

Samantha T

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:49:54 -0500

Monkeyfist, prepare for the onslaught. I agree with you, though. 9/11 was horrific, but there's something obnoxious about the U.S. thinking its tragedies are somehow worse. How horrendous 9/11 was should remind us that people in other parts of the world face terror every damn day and have for years.

monkeyfist

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:25:54 -0500

"New York became a human place for people. We didn’t realize who we were before: We are the center of the world. And I don’t think we ever really understood what that meant before that day." How about dropping the NYC/9-11 exceptionalism? Many places, many population centers around the world, face terrorist attacks, natural disasters, war, strife, disease. So we faced a big terrorist attack. Big, hairy deal. In the long, often dark tale of human history, faced with blck plague, crusades, world wars, etc., 9/11 would be a footnote.

l

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:22:52 -0500

toby keith would have no career.

g

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:10:10 -0500

bush never would have served a second term, and the dems never would have run kerry.