eerily reassuring

[redbird]

There's a photo over on the Yahoo news page, taken a few hours ago. The Manhattan skyline, with the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground, and the shining towers behind. The caption talks about the smoke hanging low, but the effect is of light clouds. I know that there's something large missing--but I can't tell where it was. What I see is a beautiful, bright city, one of the great works of human civilization, and it looks strong and whole, like a jewel.

And I know we will survive, and go on.