A 9/11 loss that is still seen from New York windows

clipped from www.iht.com Weeks later, when the smoke had cleared and the dust settled, there, out the living room window, was the View, that most coveted of New York City apartment amenities, shattered forever. All across the city, for days, months, maybe years after 9/11, it hurt to look out the window. "You adjust to whatever the reality is — it's a gradual process, like anything else," said Stamatis, 42, a sculptor and painter. "If you have a melancholy disposition and you're looking for something to remind you of loss, that's going to be there."