"It didn't occur to me until this morning that I had gone to bed without any worries of what a new 9/11 might bring."

Writes Glen, a commenter on the first post of the day. That post shows the World Trade Center memorial lights, shortened by a low-hanging cloud, on the evening before September 11th, last year, when I was living in Brooklyn.

You know, it didn't cross my mind that there could be another 9/11 attack today until I read Glen's comment. Do you think there is someone who deserves a little credit for this ease of mind we enjoy?

Another photograph from last year, showing how the lights extend upward when the clouds lift.