9/11

I watched a Nova special I had been keeping on my TiVo since 2002. It's called "Why The Towers Fell", and very interesting to me as an engineer, the program follows a team of forensic engineers during their in-depth investigation of the precise causes of the Twin Towers' collapse. I didn't feel able to watch it until recently, though. The images of people jumping off the building to avoid being burned alive have haunted me, and while I didn't have a huge cathartic reaction to the catastrophe, I guess I've been storing it inside. Anyway, I felt able to watch it, and it turned out to be very technical in nature, which is what I was hoping for, emotionally. It was a very good discussion of the modes of failure of the towers, and some things that could be done in the future to prevent or limit the damage. It's been more than three years, and I can't imagine what the folks who were there or who were directly affected are feeling even now.

I sincerely hope that they catch Bin Laden. I don't know what would be the best form of justice. But I hope they catch him, so we can make that decision.

Late.