thanks for your concern-- far away from both home and work for both Insel and I --
For work, the closest reference is City Hall.. (a block away)-- for home-- east of LaGuardia airport. or the throgg neck bridge.. (3 miles away)
Insel-- a close home reference would be the holland tunnel..i don't know exactly where he lives, but its a good reference point.. (and anything happening to the tunnel would make the news.) for work-- The Main NY library/bryant park area.. (about 42nd street) -- 42nd street is about 3 miles long.. one end is UN, the other is Jacob Javitz Center(exposition/convention site) Library is in middle of 42nd street--) -- so anything happening say at UN, would cause traffic disruptions, but would be so far away, insel would most likely not be directly effected-- even though both are on 42nd St.
NY is like London, a physically big city.. i am about 1.5 --1.8 miles from 19th street-- and while it was scary, fact is, things blow up all the time in the city.. for most of us, the first reactions to the first plane was, it is a horrible accident.. after a plane had plowed into upper floors of Empire state building.. it was not out side our way of thinking..
