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We sat, galvanized, to our televisions, while the media kept broadcasting the crashes...

Uhm, 'galvanized' means something like 'shocked into action.' That doesn't resonate with sitting on the couch.

When you have a disaster of that proportion, nobody wants to take the blame, least of all the actual people responsible

I object to characterizing a catastrophic criminal act as being a disaster. 'Disaster' is related to astral, astrology, and asteroid. It means 'bad stars,' which means things happening to us beyond our control. Bad luck. Homicide is more than bad luck. It has clearly defined people being responsible, ie, the killers.

Next in that chain of responsibility are the passengers in the planes with them.

You've been watching the Budweiser commercial, haven't you? "If my teammates had jumped on my four fumbles, we wouldn't have lost them. It's their fault, not mine." Enough of this hubris-hobbled inanity. Let's cut to the chase.

My Dear God in Heaven, what fools we are.

Speak for yourself. Oh, and get a good dictionary.