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A WEEK OF GRIEVING ATTACCO ALL'AMERICA It was a week in Rome that I shall never forget. A time of unspeakable horror, and unexpected kindness. Mass at St. Peter's in memory of those lost in America The strangest thing about staying on top of what happened in New York is that I have little access to American television. I am living with an Italian woman who speaks no English. And, the English newspapers here have one-day-old news. So, I had to learn the latest in another language. I would watch t.v. with my landlady while she translated what the Italian anchors were saying. I read the Italian newspapers, but, of course, very slowly. I had to make sense of the unbelievable, in words difficult for me to understand. I had just returned home from school when I saw video of the smoking World Trade Towers on television. I called my best friend in New York to find out what was happening, in inglese. After that, I rushed to find Jay, the one American friend I have in Rome. He and I spent the rest of the day at his hotel watching CNN. Many many hours later, we went to an internet cafe, filled with Americans who, like us, were in a daze. We logged onto MSNBC.com and watched streaming video of live coverage from America. Un Attimo Fa (“A Moment Ago”) Q - Where were you when the first tower collapsed? A - I was on the telephone with my best friend who could see the towers from her home in New Jersey. Together, we sobbed, for ourselves, and for all those lost souls. Q&A ARCHIVES TV Coverage in Rome