Mrs. Lydon

I was teaching my classes in Vermont. I remember my colleagues huddled around the computer at lunch watching the news footage. My husband called to say all the hospitals in New York were preparing for an influx of mass casualties, but they never came.... The sky was silenced that night -- it was eerie. Friends and neighbors at the afterschool soccer fields were shocked and then the memorials, impromptu candlelight gatherings and the community came together to show that we were still strong and would not be beaten by such callous actions of others.