NP: Article by Martin Amis on the WTC disaster (Guardian)

[Tiarnan O'Corrain]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,553638,00.html

Fear and loathing 

The attack on the United States last Tuesday has brought home to the west
two uncomfortable realities - the ferocious hatred felt for America; and
that none of us will ever feel safe again. So, asks Martin Amis, where do we
go from here?

Tuesday September 18, 2001
The Guardian 

It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of
Liberty: that was the defining moment. Until then, America thought she was
witnessing nothing more serious than the worst aviation disaster in history;
now she had a sense of the fantastic vehemence ranged against her.