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I’m not trying to make too many generalizations here, but I do think that I had a more visceral, long-lasting response to the events of 9/11 than my relatives on the west coast. We had moved to the Boston area just a month before, and were living in temporary housing while waiting for our house. As I mentioned earlier, my husband had a flight out of Logan, so we were just waiting for the car to pick him up when we realized what was happening. Graduates of my kids’ elementary and high schools were on the planes and in the towers, so it just seemed like it could have been us. I don’t think my west coast relatives had that same feeling, and it doesn’t seem to affect them now the way it affects me.</p>