Of course, for months and months after 9/11 you really heard about little else on the news, and it was understood that everyone was in a dizzy panic over terror

Of course, for months and months after 9/11 you really heard about little else on the news, and it was understood that everyone was in a dizzy panic over terrorism. In fact, I've never met anybody worried about terrorism, and even directly after 9/11, almost no one had much to say about it.