my own 9/11

This is what gets to me. Seeing the faces of the people on the street.
My Aunt had a full view from her terrace. When I called her, she just kept saying "They're going to kill us all"

My father, whose health had been failing, seemed to rapidly deteriorate after 9/11. He had dreams and hallucinations about the attacks. He was gone within 6 months.
My aunt died a year later.