Phantom Towers: Reconstructing the Normal Essay -- Personal Narrative

Phantom Towers Reconstructing the ruler any night before going to bed I used to watch at Manhattan at its best. The tall buildings with the gentlys on give you the supposition of diamonds place on black velvet. It is such a treat to live on the 26th floor, to not have the suffocating sight of walls and windows obstructing the view.But the setting has changed drastically since September 11th. White cola was everywhere. At night the smoke became even more apparent with the shine of the stadium lights at serviceman Zero that aided the workers making it through the night. From my window you would not allowance attention to the buildings that survived the attack, your eyes could not leave that spot where the fumes and light were glowing. In the same way you see a hurricane from a distance, its dimension, its movement, its readiness in the same way you could see that spot on the tumble of Manhattan where light hit the tiny molecules of dust giving an eerie im call downion of d eath and spirits.The word debris was in the news, in my neighbors mouths, in the press but I couldnt think of debris per se, people were scorched to death. The checkmate Towers became a crematory of innocents. The souls of the deceased were roaming about before going to the former(a) world, the after-life. No matter the distance, you could see that uncanny cloud even from mod Jersey.I stood at my window for hours, hoping to see the black smoke call on to white a good signal that fire was being extinguished. For a moment, I saw it happening and felt relieved. But the sudden and unexpected surrender of the towers after those agonizing hours filled me with disbelief for I knew I was witnessing thousands of deaths, as John Updike describes the tragic scene.The follow... ... Professor Gilbert explains, it is what one does with time. I wonder how long this country can live in the delusion of predictable and understandable normalcy while seeing a world that is neither.Works CitedFilli ng the Void. The New York Times Magazine 23 Sept. 2001 80.Gilbert, Kathleen R. What is distress? 2 Jan. 1997. 9 Dec. 2001. <http//www.indiana.edu/hperf558/sprng97/unit1.html.Kearls Guide to the Sociology of Death. Kearls Guide to Sociological Thanatology. 9 Dec. 2001. <http//www.trnity.edu/mkearl/death.html.Longaker, Christine. The Normal Process of Mourning.Spiritual Care Program. 9 Dec. 2001. <http//www.spcare.org/practices/suddendeath/bereavement- processofmourning.html.Updike, John. Reflection. New Yorker. 24 Sept. 2001. 11 Nov. 2001. <http//www.newyorker.com/THE_TALK_OF_THE_TOWN/?01092ta_talk_wtc.