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DOWNTOWN NEW YORK: TWO MONTHS AFTER
A photo essay by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert: 11/11/01
Two months have passed since the September 11 terrorist attacks,
and the clean-up effort in New York City is far from complete.
Emergency workers have recovered only 599 bodies out of the
over 5,000 believed killed in the collapse of the two World
Trade Center buildings.
Lower Manhattan these days is a study in contrasts. The
financial district is striving to get back up to speed, albeit
under conditions of a slowing economy. Meanwhile, just steps
away, trucks continue to cart away debris. The area immediately
surrounding where the Trade Center used to stand remains cordoned
off -- a world apart from the rest of New York.
Every day, hundreds, if not thousands of people come to
the edge of no-man's land to view the devastastion. The collapse
of the Trade Center buildings was such a shocking event that
many feel compelled to visualize the scene in order to be
able to come to terms with the tragedy.
Photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert recently spent time in
lower Manhattan documenting the reaction to the September
11 attacks. The images in this photo essay attempt to convey
the interaction between life and death in downtown New York.
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Posted November 10, 2001 © Eurasianet
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