ABSTRACT
It is still mourning time here in New York City. No matter how much time passes, the tragedy of the terrorist attack against the World Trade Center towers will remain brutally fresh and terribly vivid to millions of residents in this overcrowded metropolis. The horrific specter of nearly 3,000 human beings incinerated in less than 100 minutes, of screaming people free-falling more than 1,000 feet to their deaths, cannot be comprehended or even explained. For those of us who live and work here, or for any American who loves New York City, the grief was almost overwhelming.
