SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
twin towers
(credit to an amateur photographer who placed these on the web)
Photos taken within minutes of the attack on the towers as seen from the
photographer's home in Brooklyn
South Street Seaport just in front of the FDR Expressway.
Southern tip of Manhattan on left
One tower has fallen and the edge of the standing tower is on the right, covered in smoke.
The Brooklyn Bridge is in the foreground, and the old Woolworth Building on the extreme right.
Police cars everywhere, most of them covered in dust like this.