[Howlin]

I know we know; but it makes me sad for them.

[OldFriend]

We were at an outdoor function....about 35,000 people at a fundraiser for our local hospital in October right after 9/11. Lots of little kids, kicking soccer balls around, parents pushing strollers, and among the crowd were men in black with assault rifles....mingling, and men on the nearby roofs of buildings with their weapons at the ready.

That day is not to be forgotten. The children of this age will never have the freedom our kids had. Never again feel totally safe when flying, when entering a sports arena where you have to have a security check......life is changed forever. And these tragedies will just add to the general unrest in the population. That unease. Sometimes it's just impossible to think things can get worse, but it does. The plane crash in NY brought endless flashbacks. Unexpected but then it's there waiting......