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After An Attack, New Yorkers' Brave Act: Keep Going

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the spirit of New Yorkers in the aftermath of Tuesday's terrorist attack in Manhattan.
Flowers are placed on a bike at a memorial on Thursday at the scene of Tuesday's terrorist attack along a bike path in Lower Manhattan. / Spencer Platt / Getty Images

Great cities keep going. On Tuesday this week, the F Train Sixth Avenue Local churned between 179th Street in Queens and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island without any reported delays. People got on and got off at Kew Gardens, Roosevelt Island, Rockefeller Center

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