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Above: From the Manhattan Bridge, a few days after the attack. Michael Lisnet/NYT Pictures. |
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Sept. 11, 2001, the day when two commercial airplanes, commandeered by terrorists, attacked the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, has seared itself — seemingly permanently — into the consciousness of our nation. It is a day that has fundamentally changed the national conversation and the mood of the country. No topic these days, however innocuous, can avoid being inflected by the signal events of that tragic day. New York City, of course, has felt its effects directly and keenly. Yet perhaps no other incident in our history has borne out better the truth of E. B. White's observation, as people throughout the country, and across the globe, have shared New Yorkers' feelings—of sadness, grief, anger, and, finally, determination and resolve. There seems no doubt but that New York will continue to serve as a symbol for the country, continue to embody our aspirations and ambitions, our ideals and values.
In response to the attack, the Baruch community sprang into action—offering emergency assistance to relief workers and counseling to the distressed, turning over its financial services center to displaced traders, singing for firefighters, reporting from Ground Zero.
Everyone, it seemed, in ways large and small, contributed to preserving the city as "the visible symbol of aspiration and faith."
—Michael Gillespie
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