I understand where you are coming from Nicole. At first, even I had a hard time seeing those shots after 911. After covering Columbine, I just didn't think I could handle any more devastation or being forced to cover it as a journalist.
However, when I think back to 911, it is those haunting shots that come to mind, those images that were so searing and hard to look at during the moment of the event, that I immediately am able to visualize now. Those photos were so strong and immediate and they captured the horror of that day, the decisions many people were forced to make as well as the heros within so many who took it upon themselves to risk their lives to save others.
It's a tough call: one of my college professors told me to do only what I know will allow me to sleep at night. That was meaningful for me because I have a moral compass. What worries me are the reporters who don't have one and can sleep at night no matter what they do in the day!
