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At the library where I work, there's a television tuned to CNN in the foyer, as part of a display advertising the Non-Print department on the fourth floor. I can't see the screen from my post at the information desk, but I can see everyone entering the building, and how they react to the tv. Usually, most people just give it a brief, acknowledging glance as the pass through the foyer. Open outer door, nod to tv, open inner door.
Sometimes, though, people freeze while reaching for the inner door and then move slowly towards the screen. Sometimes they stay there, until there's a crowd eight people deep in that narrow space. When I see that, I start to feel sick. Something else has happened. Planes, fire, war. Death.
People are doing that now. I'm not sure what they're looking at. The top story at CNN.com is on US troops moving against Al Queda in Pakistan....
Explosion in New York. Someone said explosion in New York.
Still nothing on CNN. Does that mean it's not bad?
Sometimes, though, people freeze while reaching for the inner door and then move slowly towards the screen. Sometimes they stay there, until there's a crowd eight people deep in that narrow space. When I see that, I start to feel sick. Something else has happened. Planes, fire, war. Death.
People are doing that now. I'm not sure what they're looking at. The top story at CNN.com is on US troops moving against Al Queda in Pakistan....
Explosion in New York. Someone said explosion in New York.
Still nothing on CNN. Does that mean it's not bad?