The Tavern woke me up with loud music at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:20 this morning. But the last time I checked my cell phone for election results was 2:30. So I didn't know what the outcome was still this morning. But unlike the polls last evening, which were bubbling with laughter, the trains this morning were silent.
New Yorkers are afraid. I mean truly afraid of what the next four years could bring to them, still a major target for terrorism. Unless you come here, and live everyday, you don't really realize how much New Yorkers have moved on with their lives since 9/11, and how much it is still part of daily life. There are advertisements and announcements on the trains: "If you see something, say something... Be suspicious of anything unattended... tell a police officer, an MTA employee, or call the anti-terrorism hotline."
Actually, I just now remembered how I as was walking to the Switchfoot concert on Friday, just from the train station a few blocks down from the Manhattan Center, there was a barrage of emergency vehicles going downtown from every direction. And helicopters sorting above. Everyone was curiously looking up, some were stopping in their tracks. I almost called my roommate to see if there was anything on the TV that I should know about. But, I figured if I needed to know anything, I would know very shortly and I continued on. It was creepy.
No comments:
Post a Comment