The Days After

This NYTimes piece made me remember how the days after September 11th were like no others here in New York City.  We had armored vehicles trundling up Broadway, There were military men with machine guns standing on guard outside subway stations. The smell was everywhere.  Every day more sad signs went up, about the missing.  There were small shrines and big ones. The sound of helicopters and fighter jets overhead was relentless. Police were everywhere searching everything. (Our school closed...