In the uncertain days after 9/11, one of the few things asserted with absolute certainty was that our culture would be indelibly altered.

• 译文:在9/11事件之后的那些不安定的日子里，那些为数不多的几件能确定的事情之一就是我们的文化将会因留有这场灾难的痕迹而被改变。