I will never forget the first day I looked to my left as I walked across the street after leaving Pier 11. From where I was standing I could see a small crowd gathered in front of the fire statation. I walked over to join them. As I stood, I…
I walked around aimlessly most of the day, taking in images like this one. I remember there being so many strange and eerie encounters. When people ran into others they recognized from anywhere, they would often embrace and speak intimately, right in…
This was a grab from my DV camcorder, back in 1997. I have many such pictures which I took just to be artsy with the area. I never thought they'd become collector's items so soon...
This is the USS AMERICA (CV-66) sailing past the WTC on the way into port for Fleet Week 1995. This is from our "cruisebook" for our final cruise. The book is entitled "Our Finest Hour".
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
"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…