Seen from a distance . . . thoughts on the impact of 9/11 on the culture
A satellite view of Manhattan on September 11, 2001.I still remember my shock ten years ago, when I first saw on television the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center into a rising column of dust."Strange," I thought to myself. "That looks a lot like a controlled demolition . . ."Of course I was reeling from several earlier shocks that day, much like the rest of the country. I had already fled t…