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9/11 page one |
Thousands of
workers from downtown New York fled on the FDR Drive and across the Brooklyn
and Manhattan bridges. This is the view from our studio window, which is
usually our live web cam. 
The second
day I went down to Battery Park, and found while I could not see the
WTC, soldiers were being billeted there.
Dust. On the
second day we were told this "dust" contained gypsum board, steel
particles, glass, and yes, victims. The dust took on a new eerie quality,
as though the ashes of the victims were all around us, on us, under our
feet. 
Passing cars
created an unbearable storm of dust. Finally it rained, a horror for
the rescue, but an end to the storms of dust around us.
A car moved
from the WTC area, these reminders of the tragedy were towed all over lower
Manhattan. 
A guardsman.
A policeman,
still with poor protection from the dust he is standing in. 
You can feel
the tiredness of this soul as he trudges to more duty.
Firemen leaving
the WTC for a break. 
George's new
career? We went to the press area, every so often everyone would panic
and leave thinking that more buildings were about to fall.
Turning off
the gas mains. I was more afraid of gas explosions than more buildings falling.
The first day I smelled gas everywhere I went. 
Police carried
riot gear everywhere, but most never put it on, there were no riots,
and little looting.
This woman came
out of the smoke, most likely from her apartment in the "hot zone,"
she clearly likes keeping up a certain standard even during times of emergency. 
Looking north
from the press area in Tribecca.
People in Tribecca
leaving their homes. 
Even by the
third day the ever present smoke cloud loomed over lower Manhattan. The
fire department did not want to drown possible survivors.
Everyone looked
so tired by the third day, 
The smoke cloud
viewed from Confucius Plaza in Chinatown. That is the Municipal Building
to the left behind the statue.
Wall Street
readies for the first day of trading. 