The angles that the New York Times has offered in its 9/11 coverage this week span a wide spectrum:
In Sunday's Style section there was a story on how people mark their birthdays if they were born on Sept. 11. Frankly, if I were the reporter and got that assignment, I would have been nonplussed. (Who knows, though, maybe the reporter came up with the idea.) But the story was well-written enough to be played on the section front, so I give the writer a lot of credit.
Monday's Times offered the Bill Keller story -- which was one of the most emailed stories in that edition. The piece quoted some who attended the Keller gathering at the Marriott. No matter which side of that debate you are on, I don't think you could have come away from that article without feeling some despair.
Today's piece on how the family of Brooke Jackman is honoring this young woman (who was murdered in the collapse of the towers in the 9/11 catastrophe) is actually inspiring. Ironically, Ms. Jackman was preparing to leave a brief career at Cantor Fitzgerald and was headed for graduate school for a social-work degree. Today, her family keeps her memory alive by promoting literacy for elementary-school children. The family deserves a lot of credit, because they are responding by putting hope into the future. That isn't easy: A child dying before a parent is its own hell; a child being murdered has to plummet a parent into an inconsolable abyss.
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