I still think of pending attacks every day. May have something to do with the fact that I now work 3 blocks from the White House. We have reminders every day here. In fact, we can even tell when there's a threat they aren't telling people about (note to homeland security, saying there's nothing going on while stopping EVERY box truck going in or out of the city isn't working).
I will say that the West Coast and East Coast reactions were REALLY different. I worked in Boston adn we lost a couple of co-workers who had gone to the WTC restaurant for a meeting. Ironically, when they got there the meeting had been cancelled. Last contact was a call to the secretary telling her that the meeting was cancelled and that they were going to try to get a flight home. We figure they were in the elevator when the plane hit. I don't know if they ever recovered anything.
On the East Coast we talked about it constantly for the first year. Not a day went by when someone didn't mention it, and usually several times a day. The following summer, I went on a West Coast road trip. It was the first time I didn't hear someone mention the attacks or who they knew that had either escaped or didn't. In fact, for the 2 weeks I was out there, I heard someone mention it once. It was complete shock that the rest of America had moved on and we were still so entrenched. I do remember about a year later there was a threat and they raised the terror level to orange, and all I could think of was "let it be LA" Not that I was wishing ANYONE or ANYWHERE would be hit, but we just couldn't handle another East Coast attack.
I will say I now profile. And I'm always aware of people and what they are doing.
I will say that the West Coast and East Coast reactions were REALLY different. I worked in Boston adn we lost a couple of co-workers who had gone to the WTC restaurant for a meeting. Ironically, when they got there the meeting had been cancelled. Last contact was a call to the secretary telling her that the meeting was cancelled and that they were going to try to get a flight home. We figure they were in the elevator when the plane hit. I don't know if they ever recovered anything.
On the East Coast we talked about it constantly for the first year. Not a day went by when someone didn't mention it, and usually several times a day. The following summer, I went on a West Coast road trip. It was the first time I didn't hear someone mention the attacks or who they knew that had either escaped or didn't. In fact, for the 2 weeks I was out there, I heard someone mention it once. It was complete shock that the rest of America had moved on and we were still so entrenched. I do remember about a year later there was a threat and they raised the terror level to orange, and all I could think of was "let it be LA" Not that I was wishing ANYONE or ANYWHERE would be hit, but we just couldn't handle another East Coast attack.
I will say I now profile. And I'm always aware of people and what they are doing.
Just because I don't dwell on it every single day doesn't mean I don't remember. But thanks for the judgement without having any idea of who I am or what I do. 
