Tag: September 11th
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#58: Farewell NYC (Part I)
“One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.” -Georgia O’Keeffe Three years ago I was walking along the cobblestone roads that line the affluent Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C. when the most enchantingly curious scene unfolded: A man had his car pulled over on the side of the street,…
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#24: Tunnel to Towers
September 11th, 2001. FDNY Firefighter Stephen Siller’s shift on the elite Squad 1 in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood had ended earlier that morning. He was looking forward to a day off, so much so that he was already on the way to the links to play golf with his brothers. That outing was interrupted by…