I just got back home from visiting NYC this weekend. I didn't want to go to ground zero, but I did, and I can not describe the emptyness I felt, in my heart for the people as well as physically as I looked at the hole where I used to work. I looked down into the hole for only about a second, then looked up to the empty space where the towers used to be and that's when I lost it. I will never go there again.
While we were in NY we got to see some of the TV stuff...I think the media is mostly milking this tradgedy for all it can...it's a sin. Since 9/11 last year, after about a month of sadness everytime I turned on the tv, I stopped watching anything associated with the events of 9/11. Nothing we say or do now can fix what happened, so why subject yourself to the pain of reliving those events over and over again? My life was changed that day, for the better though. I am more appreciative for what I have and do on a daily basis, even the simplest of things have taken on greater meanings.
On higher allert now? We should remain on a high level of security and awareness at all times, but we need to live our lives for the current day too. Just be sensible about it all.
Peace.