A Day That Stands Alone
By James Barron, from The New York Times
Just as Sept. 11 was unthinkable, Sunday was inevitable: the 10th anniversary of a day that stands alone. In history. In memory (…)
(…)But the 10th anniversary will dawn on a city and a nation that has changed immutably, with continuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and persistent security worries at home. And no longer is ground zero a scarred reminder of what was, but a symbol of resurgence, with the September 11 National Memorial about to open and four new towers in various stages of construction.
(…) One measure of how Sept. 11 changed everything, though, was how little grumbling there was as motorists waited to crawl through police checkpoints. Sept. 11 redefined the bridges and tunnels beyond those checkpoints as something that generations of commuters had never imagined: Potential targets.
Sept. 11 redefined so much more.
