Along with several others from my building, we watched in horror as this disaster progressed.

After the first collapse, I had the camera unwaveringly pointed to the North Tower. This was the first picture of the collapse.]]> ]]> from the Pentagon. The last time I was in the Pentagon was
for a Frocking ceremony for one of my favorite Naval
Aviators who had just made admiral. Jay Johnson, the Chief
of Naval Operations at the time, invited me and another
civilian from the Annex. We were always treated as members
of the US Naval Aviation family. On September 11, 2001,
I was working for the Office of Justice Programs where we
gathered in the conference room to watch as the planes flew
into the Twin Towers. While I was away from my desk,
my daughter called from Vermont to tell me that she just
heard about a plane crashing into the Pentagon. Her phone
message was filled with tears, sorrow, and fear. I went to
the prayer service at the Pentagon that Friday only to be
turned away for security reasons. That's when I found my
way to the top of a hill overlooking the damage done to our
country's military fortress. The picture I was able to take
is to honor all the people, civilians and military, I've
known and loved all these years.
]]> Conceived by artist Glen E. Friedman to let people of the world know that New Yorkers, who live so close to the actual destruction of 9/11/01, do not agree with the War on Terror being waged in their name.
The signs were installed in the summer of 2004, staying up through the Republican National Convention, when the largest protests and number of arrests for a political convention were ever recorded.]]>