One side bar to consider, we here in NY and indeed the whole nation were hit very hard and tragically
on 9/11/2001. the very next day I was on my way to "ground zero" as it was called then. It was a highly
restricted area (about 2 square miles) with over 2,000 national guard troops guarding an impenetrable
zone. Only those with "official' duties were allowed anywhere near it.
Because of my time working for the NYC office of emergency management and my FDNY and NYPD
connections I was allowed entry.
I saw too many things and spent way too much time there which my wife says took at least ten years off
her life worrying about me. I now suffer from a very severe form of COPD from over ninety days off
breathing in God knows what.
Here's a few pics I took with a little old Kodak Instamatic camera which was absolutely forbidden
which was all I had to hear to do it.
Only a couple of pics I will show (mild images so don't worry)
you will see me and my BFF from my Bronx early years (also a former Marine) who was a retired police detective
he was also a Jim, we were affectionately known as The 'James gang'....... by the way I'm the little white guy.
on 9/11/2001. the very next day I was on my way to "ground zero" as it was called then. It was a highly
restricted area (about 2 square miles) with over 2,000 national guard troops guarding an impenetrable
zone. Only those with "official' duties were allowed anywhere near it.
Because of my time working for the NYC office of emergency management and my FDNY and NYPD
connections I was allowed entry.
I saw too many things and spent way too much time there which my wife says took at least ten years off
her life worrying about me. I now suffer from a very severe form of COPD from over ninety days off
breathing in God knows what.
Here's a few pics I took with a little old Kodak Instamatic camera which was absolutely forbidden
which was all I had to hear to do it.
Only a couple of pics I will show (mild images so don't worry)
you will see me and my BFF from my Bronx early years (also a former Marine) who was a retired police detective
he was also a Jim, we were affectionately known as The 'James gang'....... by the way I'm the little white guy.
