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What marks can we see now? President Bush says great good may come from the evil that struck, but you need a long lens to bring that hope into focus. We resist the idea that we have changed because so much of the change of the past year feels like damage. Lives have been lost or broken. Whole sectors of the economy are in intensive care. We talk about the need to balance freedom and security, but both have shriveled in the heat of the threat. There seemed to be a spirit of infectious virtue everywhere we turned a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What a Difference A Year Makes | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

Genelle is jostled like a pinball and struck by debris from everywhere. As the great noise begins to subside, she is lying on her right side, and her right leg is pinned hard. Her head is now caught between something--the floor maybe?--and some concrete. Finally, it's all quiet, and it's dark, but somehow she is here. She is alive. Soon she says the first of many prayers, asking God to continue to shepherd her to safety. Not far away, a man is calling, "Help! Help!" His voice falters and disappears. She won't hear him again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Survivor: A Miracle's Cost | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...implied the corporate problems were not as important as the simple matter of loving your neighbor. "We can't pass a law that says you'll love your neighbor like yourself," Bush said. "And we can't pass a law that says you will be honest." This has struck his oldest allies as odd. "The whole corporate-finance scandal plays to his sense of right and wrong," says one. "But how come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President: Marching Alone | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...help quell a prison riot. His unit guarded John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban, and protected the body of Johnny (Mike) Spann, the cia operative who was killed in the uprising and was the first American to die in the conflict. The contrast between the two Americans struck Perez. "It was tough to look at Walker, knowing he is an American and fighting for the other side and that he was the reason Mike Spann--a great American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Soldier: Sudden Warrior | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...terrorist attacks, I happened to watch America: A Tribute to Heroes, the telethon in support of Americans who directly suffered from the attack. I was amazed by those artists who, thanks to their widespread energy, helped Americans cope with their sense of loss. One guy in particular, Bruce Springsteen, struck me with the intensity of his words and music. I have bought The Rising, and listening to his songs, I know the Boss has changed something with his art. FEDERICA BERTELE Reggio Emilia, Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 2, 2002 | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

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