It seems that random mass murders really became trendy after 2977 people were killed in the Twin Towers. Maybe there were fewer means in the past, because there was always the image of anarchists with bombs in their pockets in crowded theaters. Maybe it’s just that the means for mass killings are available to almost everybody. Still, whether for political or personal reasons, there have been a lot of these tragedies imposed upon humankind in recent years. Yesterday a guy was caught in Jaffa with lots of bombs – two policemen happened to notice that he was looking weird.
I was working in midtown NYC back then and in disbelief saw the planes hit and soon the towers fall. A sight I will never forget. Some prayed, some cried, some ran ,others panicked and some were calm. No one or nor this country was the same after that day.
And my son was visiting from Boston, watched it on tv, and said that all his friends had warned him not to go to Israel because it wasn’t safe.