Living with a threat
My fiance and I discussed whether she should change her commute, the line from 23rd Street up to 57th Street right through midtown. Using my own logic that any terrorist attack was most likely during the morning commute and at some of the stations she was passing through, I suggested taking a 3rd Avenue bus uptown instead, and then the walking across town on 57th Street in the morning, and then taking the subway back in the evening. My fiance, a California transplant who is now a true New York City girl after three years, responded the way that the people interviewed in this New York Times article did - I'm going to continue taking the subway, because you just have to go on with your life. You can't live in fear. True grit.
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csa | 11:18 AM |
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And because, ya know, terrorists never hit buses.
Honestly, I applaud her decision. When you look at the numbers, she's statistically more likely to get into a car (or bus) accident than to get caught up in a smaller-scale terrorist attack such as one of the subway would likely be. And, more importantly, she's right. What's the fun of living in NYC if you end up being afraid of enjoying the city?
