WHEN FEAR TAKES OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD.(MAIN)

Byline: SUSAN REIMER

It is different this time.

When a truck bomb blew the facade off the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and killed 168 people, I wasn't afraid.

I was shocked that an American could strike against his own in such a murderous way, but I wasn't worried. It was the work of a loner, and they caught him almost immediately.

Even if Timothy McVeigh were part of a homegrown anti-government cell, I was not part of the hated federal government, and I didn't feel vulnerable.

When terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I wasn't afraid.

I was stunned by such an attack within our borders and convinced that there would …