
Living with National Tragedy, 10 Years Later
Merriam-Webster’s defines tragedy as “a disastrous event†resulting from misfortune or calamity (which is misfortune highly amplified). In this context, some may not consider September 11, 2001 to be a tragedy. Not because it wasn’t a disastrous event, but because it wasn’t an unfortunate event. Fortune had nothing to do with it. It was a...