We walked down south of Canal Street for the first time yesterday. This turned out, in my opinion, to be not such a good thing to do. They are busy down there, and while we weren't exactly in the way, we also weren't really helping the situation. A friend got us through the Canal Street check point, but the security is not really very tight. Once below Canal we made it all the way down to Chruch and Chambers, and then walked west to the river. If you don't know Manhattan, this is very close. Here's "the pile" (which is what all the workers call it) from a few blocks north. We ate dinner at a friends restaurant, and on the way back we walked past this truck loaded with an enormous steel beam. The beam itself had the smell. The officer pictured said he thought it would take a year to finish the clean up. I think they'll start going faster once they decide nobody could still be alive, but in any case, the amount of wreckage is incredible. Much more shocking than I guessed it would be.
[Original pictures of post impact WTC are here.]
towers on fire
black smoke pouring out leaving a poisoned trail
tears in the silver facade
gaping black holes spewing black smoke
blue sky brilliant
rotating camera angles to see the destruction better
tv on all night, day-unable to look away
why. why.
the shock the next day to know it's real
putting up stephens old flag
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- jim 9-20-2001 2:28 pm
towers on fire black smoke pouring out leaving a poisoned trail tears in the silver facade gaping black holes spewing black smoke blue sky brilliant rotating camera angles to see the destruction better tv on all night, day-unable to look away why. why. the shock the next day to know it's real putting up stephens old flag
- anonymous (guest) 9-20-2001 7:13 pm