This is a picture of a crushed police vehicle being hauled away. This picture was taken on September 13, 2001 while I was in New York volunteering.
The Sphere. This is a photo of The Sphere at the WTC in 2000.
Candlelight Prayer Vigil on Madison Street in Lower Manhattan. This photo was taken on 9/15/01.
In the weeks follwing the 9/11 attack, shopping and business were being promoted as the cornerstones of American freedom that needed to be defended. This image, a fantastic imaginary re-design for the WTC site.
This picture was taken along one of the barricades outside the American embassy on Sept. 12, 2001. This is were there was a condolences book placed for Berliners to sign their thoughts and prayers. At first there were limited hours to come do it, but when lines stretched for miles and people waited for hours upon hours in the cold and rain they extended the hours and added additional books.
World Trade Center Towers at sunset. Shot taken in March 2001
Detail from the permanent temporary memorial, Shanksville, PA, April 25, 2002.
photo took from the Empire State. November 2000.
This is what I woke up to on September 11th. My daughter, Lauren Clare was born on the evening of September 10th. Even though we saw the whole terrible story unfold, when I looked at my little girl, I knew there is hope for this world yet. This was taken June 2002.
This is the bar in the lobby of the Millenium Hotel.
This is a photgraph of the One World Trade Center Fire Command Station (310A). Seated is Lloyd Thompson, Fire Safety Director and Standing John Drucker Jr., Siemens Fire Safety Project Manager. The equipment shown is the WTC Fire Alarm and Evacuation System. I spent 8 1/2 years at the WTC working with the Port Authority of NY & NJ to restore, engineer and upgrade the Base Building Fire Alarm and Evacuation System at the World Trade Center. God Bless those who perished that fateful day especially my dear friend James Barbella. Sincerely, John Drucker jr.
My husband and I felt compelled to visit NY after our vacation in Europe in August, 2002. I am still overwhelmed with emotion from our visit.
In December of 2002, I visited New York for the first time with my boyfriend. He grew up there and took me by the World Trade Center site. As I was showing my family back home the pictures, I got chills looking at this one... God Bless the families & friends of the victims and God Bless the USA.
Taken at Ground Zero in Late July of 2002.
For several days after Sept. 11, many of the buildings in the city were not lit up at night. Here is a picture of the Empire State Building on the first night the lights were back on. What an awesome joy to look up Bowery St. that night and see those red, white and blue lights on!
Our tribute to those who died on that horrible day in September of 2001.This is our city fireman, veterans, policeman, EMT'S and any one who wanted to toll that bell for each person who died that day... Took over 7 hours and then prayer, songs for every family who had a love one die in those places.