NEWS
September 17, 2001 | Duke Helfand
The epic dimensions of Tuesday's tragedy have summoned a language of superlatives. The worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. New York's tallest buildings, laid flat. The biggest blow to America's sense of security since Pearl Harbor. Historians eventually will try to make sense of the tides sweeping through America. For the moment, however, the random mementos that the victims left behind give an eloquent voice to some of the nation's private yearnings.