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One of the items left outside Ground Zero in memorium, taken during December 2001/January 2002.

I was in Manhattan on business this past week for the first time since the WTC attacks. The last time I had been on the WTC observation deck was 1998. I took the same route to approach the area this time (SE corner) and was shocked to see the empty…

Taken day of JFK Jr memorial service, July 23,1999.
Looking back off the tour bus, the last time I would ever be this close to those wonderful buildings. One of the things I HAD to do was go to the World Trade Center, I was so excited, they were…

These are pictures that one of my co-workers took on November 2, 2002.

The funeral services were for Fire Fighter Benjamin Suarez, Ladder 21 on 38th Street, were held on the street where I work (30th Street), at St. John the Baptist RC Church, 209…

I took this image on a cloudy day in 1985 from the Circle Line

Submitted by a tour bus driver in New York City.

"determined odysseus" by anthony h. risser, ph.d.
(march 2002)

"ulysses" by italian sculptor ugo attardi.
located in battery park city,
beyond the end of liberty street,
once roughly 350 yards from the south tower
of the world trade…

Taken from balcony window in high rise apt. where i lived, TV on, right next to window...

View from Ellis Island, July, 2001. The interesting tidbit about this picture is that it sat in my camera for a few months before I went to CVS shortly after Labor Day to get it developed. When I got the pictures back, the date on the index card…

outside st. vincent's hopsital, 9/16

Beautiful plam trees and imported marble floors grace the newly reconstructed Winter Garden Atrium.

The streets of new york city 10:30pm Sept 11. A view looking at 34th st. along side MSG.My friend HARRY KAY was on call and had to pickup nurses at st.vincents hospital and bring them back to NEW JERSEY. It was an eerie sight to see a city that never…

This photo was taken on November 3, 2001 and shows the last section standing of One World Trade Center. We were able to walk as far down the street as half a block beyond the stop sign. Police were guarding the fence and forbidding people to take…

I was teaching kindergarden in Los Angeles on 9/11. There was no way I could discuss this subject breaking my heart with these little ones. I was wishing I had a way to communicate to them the magnitude of what had happened.

Then I…

In December Ground Zero was still the most surreal destination on earth.

These four strangers, perhaps friends, are looking at Ground Zero from Broadway. Shot in early December, 2001.

This image was taken from the Ellis Island ferry while on a holiday in Easter 2001

On December 11, 2001, numerous news organizations were trying to encapsulate the mood of New York City on the three month anniversary of the attacks. Riding in a taxicab that day, I found what I believe to be a very honest
indicator of the mindset…