I am cool
... Three thousand miles from Ground Zero, every single person I met was in shock. ... And not one person I have spoken to since remains untouched by these events. ... Everyone I know seems to have lost someone, known someone who did, or talked to someone who knew someone. I wish it hadnt required tragedy to unite us this way. ... Every time I am saddened by what humanity can do to itself, the thought of those men and women -- and how much their reaction seems a microcosm of Americas -- is uplifting. When I was a boy in the late 60s, I vividly remember a far-off hope that someday there might be an America where race, gender, etc. ... That wouldnt have happened when I was a kid.