New York is my home. Many of us were here 16 years ago when 9/11 happened in downtown Manhattan. That horrible day changed everyone in some way or other. The casualty count from today’s attack is minuscule by comparison but no less painful for those who were injured or lost loved ones or friends.

But now something is different. Hours after today’s attack, the annual Halloween parade went off as scheduled. Restaurants are packed tonight. The streets are busy. We go on with our lives. For the first time this year there’s a crispness in the air. There’s also a resilience that surprised me. We’ve watched terror attacks across the globe for more that a decade. The attitude today is different. Yes, terrorism caused tremendous tragedy in our city. But it didn’t change us. It didn’t instill the same kind of fear, which is the point of terrorism after all…