"The rolling cloud of death"
Looking south . You can see here the dust cloud just 2 blocks away.
NYPD spread thin a single dedicated police office assigned to keep anybody from entering area south of Canal street - a big task

staging area: emergency trucks lined up,
waiting to help, looking north on West Street just south of Canal Street

staging area: FDNY Ambulance waiting to help
 looking South on West Street, Cloud plume viible.

staging area: emergency trucks lined up, waiting to help "Covered in Ash" rescue workers on West Street

"Covered in Ash" rescue workers on West Street

It was very very difficult, after the first days I could not take any pictures, I wanted to erase the images from my head, but that's not possible. So I shall add to this page from time to time, The images, sights, sounds, smells are as if it happened yesterday.