Article September 18, 2006 Issue

COUNTERACTING TERRORISM

A NEW GLOBAL VIEW—HOW MY LIFE CHANGED AFTER 9/11

A New Yorker reflects on the transforming effect terrorism has had on her global outlook—and on her prayer for the world.

BY AMY RICHMOND

On September 11, 2001, I was 2,000 miles from my New York City home, visiting my brother in Colorado. He woke me that morning to tell me there had been a terrorist attack on New York and the Pentagon. I was terrified: My five-year-old daughter was back home with my husband.

I prayed as best I could. And I was incredibly relieved, though still shaky, when my husband was finally able to call two hours later to let me know they were both safe.

Like the lives of many people around the globe, my life changed forever that day. I've had to confront terror, along with everyone else, and some of my friends say they still live with intermittent fear.

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