I was driving to a funeral. One of the people who worked as part of my team had suffered a huge tradegy - his son, who was bipolar and NOT taking his meds, killed his mother with an axe. She was a school teacher. When I arrived at the funeral, it was about 10:00 am and everyone was talking about what had happened in New York. Who could believe that such a violent murder could be overshadowed so completely by an even greater tradgedy?

Not only Americans stood still that day - everyone was shocked that such blatant disrespect for human life could be illustrated so dramatically.

I am not an American but I felt the pain too.