"Down here everything was different. Students were walking on campus as they always walk, never in an exactly straight line but to the same destination they do each day. It was a gorgeous day today, with sunshine stretched out like a dog in the summer and a delightful breeze that only gets one's hair a little out of place.

It was an anachronism to the people in New York City, who walked with gremlins of terror perched hard on their shoulders and three-piece suits covered with soot like the victims of Pompeii thousands of years ago. "

Jeff Davis, this article was written on September 11, 2001, the day of the terrorist attacks.