John and Jeanette Blackwood, Center Valley, Pa., visit Ellis Island on a hot, muggy June 14, 2001. John is a first-generation American. His parents and two sisters arrived at Ellis Island from Scotland in 1920 and 1921. Photo taken by son, Jesse. …
On September 2001 my brother and I drove from Arlington VA to NYC - I work 1.5 miles from the Pentagone. He lives accross the street from the Pentagone. We needed to see it with our own eyes just as we saw the Pentagone. I took this picture, it was…
During my first visit to Ground Zero this past week, I also stopped by the nearby fence on which hangs many symbols and sympathies from this tragic event. This is a photo from that fence across the street from Ground Zero to the east on Sept 4,…
Several days after the Peace Sphere Memorial was placed in Battery City Park, I was walking from the ferry through the park. Since September 27th I carry a small instamatic camera in my pocket. My focus is to photograph what is happening after 9/11…
Besides the obvious attention paid to Liberty Island and the Lady there, Governor's Island (which at the time was a large US Coast Guard headquarters) hosted the masses of dignitaries, statesmen, entertainers,media and security forces. Taken from the…
This is a panoramic view of the clean-up at dusk on Sept. 16, 2001. I created it by compositing snapshots from the "Staten Island Live, New York Skyline Zoom Camera. http://www.silive.com/nycskyline/zoom/
Taken in Willamsburg on 9/11. The man fishes. For him life goes on. When I approached him, he picked a fish he had caught and said in heavy Polish accent "Look, Red Snapper" Then I thought he was crazy. Now perhaps I think he was far wiser than…