When I have been there inthe audience to see him hosting "Late Night, " I can't help myself: I still look for theghost of Johnny Carson inthehouse, and of myself there years ago as a child.
By April 7th, when most of its population had fled, L'Aquila was like a city that had been extensively shelled: a ghost town in which almost the only sounds were of house alarms, ambulance sirens and the earth-movers of rescue workers.