It was a very surreal time. I live in southern CA, at the time near enough to a nuclear power plant and military base that in the initial uncertainties I either felt much safer or much LESS safe, depending on the moment.
I was a young adult, out of high school and working at a Blockbuster (yep). I cried at the tragic loss of people I never knew, again after the shock of the Falling Man photo showed up in our local newspaper, kept my TV tuned to the news for days because I too wanted to know answers to all of your questions, but I will always remember the stark difference in the tone of what movies people came in to rent. Families came in to get away from the non-stop news on TV, yes, but across the board our comedies and escapist movies were the heavy draw. I suppose, even 25 years later, there’s still a catharsis in remembering those odd little details like that.
It was a very surreal time. I live in southern CA, at the time near enough to a nuclear power plant and military base that in the initial uncertainties I either felt much safer or much LESS safe, depending on the moment.
I was a young adult, out of high school and working at a Blockbuster (yep). I cried at the tragic loss of people I never knew, again after the shock of the Falling Man photo showed up in our local newspaper, kept my TV tuned to the news for days because I too wanted to know answers to all of your questions, but I will always remember the stark difference in the tone of what movies people came in to rent. Families came in to get away from the non-stop news on TV, yes, but across the board our comedies and escapist movies were the heavy draw. I suppose, even 25 years later, there’s still a catharsis in remembering those odd little details like that.