Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.
And unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center a major landmark...
Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public...
In such an environment I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force.