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Phil: What is the New Normal

Things have changed since September 11th because I now look over my shoulder at low flying planes, and when I am in an airport, I look closely at everyone and try to size them up. Just little things like that, and well, it has just made me think about everyone and what they could do.

Overall, I don't feel that life has returned to normal. I know I still look twice when I see a plane flying overhead. My sense of security has been broken, but I have not let that ruin my life. I just look at things more carefully.

Since September 11th, the tension around the world, whether it be in Israel, Pakistan, India, or other places, is still happening, whether I know about it or not. So I try to distance myself from world news because it is so depressing and worrisome. I like local New York news and national news. But with world news, it is just "attack this" and "bomb that" and "their plan to attack this". It is very frightening.

September 11th has given me an understanding of wars in other countries, but the World Trade Center collapsing is very different than what other countries are going through in wars. I got an understanding, but I don't know what it is really like in other parts of the world because it is very different in America.


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