Last week, after the Chelsea bombings, a friend of mine called and asked how everything was in New York – was I able to get around? Was my daughter’s school closed? Had I missed work? Could I still go out and buy groceries? Very thankfully, the answers to these questions were yes, no, no and yes — everything was OK.
We then talked about how it seemed the further away from New York City you are, the more dramatic (and traumatic) the events were, but for intrepid New Yorkers, the....