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The first thing I really notice related to the attack appears before I get out of the train station.
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Times Square in its most patriotic dress.
Even MTV is in fashion, despite flags clashing with fluorescent banners.
A flyer on a payphone lists items in need in the disaster area.
Besides the pictures of lost loved ones, inspirational poems are tacked up on free walls.
Like gas masks in Israel during the Gulf War, downtown youth fashion includes the dust mask as an essential.
To my surprise, children play in a playground downtown, less than ten blocks from a disaster site that has knocked downtown almost entirely paralyzed.
Emergency lights with accompanying generators dot the downtown area.
A map shows a certain section of downtown as it once was.
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An electric pole downtown attracts signs of restraint and reason.
Utility truck are the most commonly seen vehicles on the downtown streets.
I was surprised I had cell phone service downtown -- until I saw this.
Closer to the site, as the smell becomes more noticeable, I notice also the light gray mud on the ground, and a noticeable amount of dust in the asphalt nooks and crannies.
A Federal Reserve Bank car, not moved in over a week, shows a noticeable amount of dust even after the weekend's rain.
I notice these flags painted on the sidewalk around downtown.
A policeman wears a more advanced dust mask than most of the people and other cops are wearing.
When they talk about "sealed off", they really mean it.
No, it's not Saigon, its Manhattan.
Downtown's not deserted, but not quite the tourist attraction I might have expected.
This shows the typical view from the east side of the sealed area.
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This is my first view of any sort of damage. Later I find out that most of what I'm seeing is 7 WTC, the third building to fall.
Oh good, the "army" is in town. I can't help thinking that this is a sign we're already at war.
This is the view from the barrier, unzoomed.
This is the best zoom I can get with my camera, showing much detail on the charred remains of 7 WTC.
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More of 7 WTC
A group of policemen prepare to head back to the site.
Smoke can be seen very clearly here, billowing out from somewhere beyond the seal. I realize in surprise that after a week and a day of rain, there's still stuff burning back there.
I'm not the only disaster-bug downtown.
A handbag store converts itself into a US flag and WTC memorabilia store.
Beautiful, futurist style photgraphs of a now imaginary skyline.
A flower offering attached to one of the barriers.
Alongside pictures of lost loved ones are flyers telling of services that downtown business are offering rescue workers for free -- from free coffee to free massages and steam baths.
Mr. Simons and others have a number of poems inspired by the WTC disaster, displayed on flyers in downtown and Times Square.
This original poster with an admirable view of post-WTC spirit attracts my eye; my attention attracts a crop of other photographers to notice it as well.
At Spring Street, an onlooker proclaims "There really is a hole in the skyscrapers!"
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Shots of distant activity beyond the Spring Street barrier.
Brown smoke still pours into the air, contrasting with white clouds.
A more careful shot of 7 WTC.
This two person camera crew is the most advanced photo setup downtown. The boom operator seems curious why I would want to take a picture of them.
The Economic Development Office is awash in business-assisting information related to the disaster.
It didn't dawn on me how the generators keep going for a week, but this is how.
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Shots of candles along the base of the wall next door to Rebecca's house.
Rebecca relights a few random candles that have gone out. Apparently keeping them lit and protecting the wall is a community effort.
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Number of shots of the wall, trying to show the sheer magnitude of signs. I estimate there are at least 300 people pictured here, all lost in the WTC disaster.
A community roll of tape hangs freely on this wall of pictures on 1st Ave.
A scribbled note advertises a WTC memorial service that was given.
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Samples of the signs of people on the wall.
Taken sideways, shows the smoke pouring out from the disaster area.
A police car drives away. Police cars are the second most common vehicle downtown, groups of police are the most noticeable people downtown.
A national guard transport truck drives down a Broadway cluttered with steel fences.
Police barricades running two blocks' length of Spring Street.
