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The Boston Marathon Bombing and the Road to Resilience

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Consider America from 1985 to 2000. You wouldn't say nothing happened in those 15 years but America was a fairly calm place to be most of the time.

Now consider the period that came next. It began with a presidential election so riddled with such uncertainties that the effort to confirm the result dragged on for days and went to the Supreme Court.

We're not used to that kind of thing but it was just the beginning. The year 2001 brought terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, an unprecedented disruption of American domestic peace, and the rise of the concept Homeland Security. More recently, the shootings of school children and school officials in Newtownand exactly one year ago, the bombings in Boston reminded us that life is a smooth pane of glass just waiting to shatter. 

We explore how we've changed.

What do you think? Comment below, email Colin@wnpr.org, or tweet @wnprcolin.

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We deeply regret cancelling Brian Michael Jenkins. 

Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.
Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious with Chion Wolf on Connecticut Public.
Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. She served as the Senior Producer for 'The Colin McEnroe Show' for several years before stepping down in 2021 and returning to her previous career as a registered nurse. She still produces shows with Colin and the team when her schedule allows.

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