I almost don't want to blog about this. Oh well, here goes.
Two nights ago, walking around the streets of New York, we suddenly passed an old Chinese woman on the sidewalk whose head was laying in a pool of dark red blood. There was so much blood it's hard for me to imagine that she just fell down. The pool was being drained slowly by a grate beneath her head...you could hear the subways below...we found ourselves wondering where it was all being channeled off to...and her face, so motionless, peaceful almost, only her eyes looking around in slow incomprehension...
That image will stick with me for the rest of my life.
(There were already five people calling 911; the cops showed up moments later.)
Posted by Alan at October 18, 2006 10:15 AM