After reading the New York Times article “Many Sporting Events Called Off or Postponed” by Frank Litsky and Lena Williams, and the short story “Fear & Loathing in America” by Hunter S. Thompson, I liked better the short story. The New York article give a summary of different sports events that were cancelled or postponed because of the attacks of 9/11. I was surprised that some sport events were postponed for a closer date after a such tragedy. In contrary, I liked the short story which kept my attention. Hunter, the writer made different comparisons that kept my attention. One was between the tragedy of 9/11 and other tragedies faced by the United of States in the past including the number of lives lost within a period of times. According
