11 September was “larger than the atom bomb” 4/2/02
NORMAN MAILER: I remember nothing like it. I think it was even larger, this is a huge remark to make, but larger than the atom bomb. The atom bomb fell at the end of the Second World War. It had an enormous impact. I was living in Massachusetts, on the tip of Cape Cod, so I was 300 miles away from New York when it happened. My children, who live in New York, were furious at me, because they felt that my reaction was not huge enough. Everybody in New York was walking around stunned, apparently. They still haven’t gotten over it. For profound causes. It’s not a simple matter.