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The unscathed

Article Abstract:

A Brooklyn, NY, resident tries to understand why distant friends and family kept calling him after World Trade Center attacks. He reasons that having a personal connection to a tragedy helps distant observers cope with their own feelings of anxiety about the event, and a place for their sympathy.

Author: Kirkpatrick, David D.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
Psychological aspects, Popular culture, Public opinion, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., Survival

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Getting serious

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An unexpected result of the attack appears to be that unmarried New Yorkers who previously were preoccupied in relationship matters are now left with 'romantic certainty.' Decisions about marriage proposals, reunions and breakups are more important and less difficult to make.

Author: Heffernan, Virginia
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
Planning, Behavior, Marriage, Single people

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The roughneck

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The outpouring of construction workers to the Sept 11, 2001, World Trade Center disaster site reawakened New Yorkers to a greater appreciation for the working class builders of their city.

Author: Klinkenborg, Verlyn
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
Appreciation, Construction workers, Working class

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Subjects list: Social aspects, United States, Cover Story, New York, New York, New York, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001
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