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September 12, 2001

September 11, 2008 RH 2 Comments

Blood donation line

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Woke up to fighter jets at 4:30am today. In my half asleep state, I thought my cat’s purring was bombs.

I woke up today and wanted to do something. The shock and adrenaline of yesterday had worn off. The death toll was starting to come in on the news and this was first becoming real to me.

I found a shelter in Brooklyn that I thought might be able to use volunteers, but I couldn’t reach them on the phone. (Husband) phoned to tell me they were going down there with heavy construction equipment , but they wouldn’t let me in. After sitting in a daze for a few hours I felt the urge to get out and shoot.

…..I walked over to the shelter. The cops treated me like a terrorist. I found myself arguing with them then decided to give it a rest.

……Tried to get over the Brooklyn Bridge. No way.

….I guess the most I can do now is document history.

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September 13, 2001

September 11, 2008 RH 4 Comments

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….I wanted to go to the city today and get out there with people, see if there’s anything I can do to help.

…..I start out at Union Square where I heard there’s a memorial. There are some people signing big sheets of paper on the ground. The one message that brings tears to my eyes is written in German. It says “I have been here in this country for six years. NY is the greatest city in the world and I’m not leaving. We keep the hope.” It moves me because this is what America is about: the melting pot. I’m also excited that I am able to read the German.

I sign the memorial myself. I write “I’ve never been so proud to be a native New Yorker as this moment in history. Keep the faith.”

I walk to St. Vincents. The volunteers giving food to the doctors turn me down when I ask if they need help. Nobody wants my help!

I go down to another memorial in Washington Square. I check out the views of what used to be the WTC along the way. All there is is smoke.

I want to see how far downtown I can get. How close. They stop me at Houston Street, which is fine because the smoke is getting thick down here and my asthma is starting to bother me. I board the train and come back to Brooklyn.

My walk through Manhattan today took a toll on me. The streets were empty. Like a ghost town. I’ve never seen NY so dead. Not even at 4am. People were walking around in a fog, much like myself. This is really depressing.

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September 14, 2001

September 11, 2008 RH 1 Comment

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It rained all day and I needed to rest from taking pictures. I found out that I could go to the Javitz if I want to volunteer but I heard that people are lining up for hours just to fill out an application. I don’t feel like standing in the rain for nothing. I just want to rest and forget about this for a few hours.

We went to a vigil in the neighborhood tonight (Park Slope). It was really beautiful. It seems like the whole neighborhood came out. We all lit candles and walked down to the fire station where they lost most of their guys. People were singing. It was very moving and uplifting. Definitely a healing experience. This is a tragic, tragic thing that happened, but what’s come of it is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. No matter what happens….I’m glad I was part of this.

Commercial airlines start flying again on Friday, September 14th.

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Ground Zero 2008

September 10, 2008 RH 1 Comment

Author: Not Me

Check this cool website: Earthcam.net. If you’ve ever wondered how the construction is progressing at the World Trade Center site and didn’t want to stand on Liberty and Church trying to ignore the souvenir vendors and tragedy tourists to get a glimpse of a few guys in hardhats, here is your chance (before Bill O’Reilly or Rush Limbaugh starts a campaign to shut the site down).

I don’t know who is financing this project, but every 15 minutes the camera takes a shot from the top of a high rise on Church Street directly across from the WTC. You can check out the archives going back to 2004 and play the images forward to see the progression.

A lot of the progress has happened in the last year.

Here is a brief summary/explanation of what you are looking at:

The structure running from left to right about two thirds down the screen is the NYCT subway 1 and 9 line.

Below that is the East *Bathtub and above the West Bathtub with the ramp down into the site.

To the right (North) is the Freedom Tower.

Just to the South (left) of the tower is a portion of the Calatravos Mezzanine arches (the white riblike structure with a concrete wall to it’s left).

The first Memorial structure steel is in the North East corner of the West Bathtub. The erection of the steel started just over a week ago, just in time for the seventh anniversary.

The PATH trains loop around the perimeter of the West Bathtub. I hear rumors that more steel erection will be starting this week over the PATH.

At the bottom of the screen is the East Bathtub where the site preparation is being done for Larry Silverstein.

Check out all the features. Zoom in, zoom out, track in all directions, the archive is amazing! Check out the weather on any day: rain, snow, foggy, sunny.

You even get periods when the camera was knocked over and you can see the roof of the building or the electricians tools while it is being fixed.

* Bathtub= The excavated area with walls that keeps water out rather than in so it is a reverse bath tub. The site did have two – East and West – but soon it will be one big tub.

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