Touching issue of NY mag. Couldn’t stop reading, even though (perhaps because it) brought up some raw feelings.
Best observations:
- banana photo on p 126, by Aristide Economipoulos
- story by Philip Connors, a copywriter for WSJ who rushed to the newsroom only to find it abandoned p 131
- The Yankees, baseball as therapy p135
- the last survivor p116
- the face of Satan explained p111
- The SNL story p90
- the kids p84 – this will make you cry
- jumpers p82
I picked this up in Duane Reade and opened to the page about the Jumpers. After reading it, I felt sick and couldn’t read any more so I put it down and walked out. Is it unfair of me not to force myself to read the sad and depressing tributes? I feel as though I “should” and that it’s in some way disrespectful to turn away when it’s too upsetting.
I know exactly what you mean