For my students
On 9/11, I was a senior in college. It was my birthday, in fact. After sleeping in (as I said, it was my birthday), I came downstairs in my off-campus apartment. I couldn’t find anyone. It was a ghost town.
As it turned out, my roommates were in the next apartment, watching commercial jets flying into skyscrapers. Overnight, the world had changed.
The coronavirus feels similar, only in slow motion. Whether it is in reality, time will tell.
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