Since their return home, the Potters have sifted back into their normal routine, taking care of patients at the clinic, and one of his biggest concerns right now, said Dr. Potter, is the concerns voiced by his patients about the attack. Safety is not something we feel we are in danger of losing as Americans, but it is something that can be misrepresented in our minds. We often feel like we're safe in one place, but not safe in another. We feel safe in our homes, yet 10,000 people died in their homes last year. The 6,000 people who died there in those offices on Tuesday, and the 266 who died on the planes, they felt safe.
Death is a fact of life and safety is our illusion.
It's not that we die, it's how we die. I've had patients who came to my office this past week, frightened about all of this. One of my patients, her pastor told his entire congregation that this is the beginning of Armageddon. We don't need to scare adults, just like we don't need to scare our children. We don't need to scare each other.