> "Shaken" is the word. It was all anyone could think about for the rest of the day. Best essay I've read that captures the experience of the few days right af

> "Shaken" is the word. It was all anyone could think about for the rest of the day. Best essay I've read that captures the experience of the few days right after in the parts of America that weren't especially close to where it happened is DFW's "The View from Mrs. Thompson's" in the collection Consider the Lobster. Looks like Rolling Stone's got it available: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/david-foster-wallace-on-9-11-as-seen-from-the-midwest-242422/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/david-fost... Those who've grown up after 9/11 may not appreciate how many fewer US flags (or representations of same) one used to see on a given day, even in Red State America. I mean they were around, of course, just not quite as everywhere.