NEW YORK CITY 

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FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF CITIZEN'S HOSE COMPANY FOR INVITING ME TO MAKE THE TRIP TO NEW YORK WITH THEM.  AND ALSO, A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF  ROSLYN RESCUE FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY 

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HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM OUR TRIP TO NEW YORK "YOU THINK YOU KNOW...BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA" :) 

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GROUND ZERO ONLY A BLOCK AWAY IT SEEMS BUSINESS AS USUAL, BEHIND THE BARACADES AND BLOCKED OFF STREETS.  BUT ONCE INSIDE THE AREA KNOWN AS GROUND ZERO IT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.  THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, SOME TAKING PICTURES OR VIDEOS,  SOME JUST STARING AT A SPACE WHERE ONCE STOOD THE TWO TALLEST BUILDINGS IN NYC. IT WAS AN EERIE FEELING, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND NO ONE WAS TALKING, THERE WAS HARDLY A SOUND EXCEPT FOR THE RUSTLING OF THE PEOPLE MOVING AROUND.   YOU ALMOST FELT LIKE YOU HAD TO WHISPER AS IF YOU WERE IN CHURCH.  IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE I WILL NOT SOON FORGET.

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THE ONLY PILLAR LEFT STANDING MADE INTO A MEMORIAL QUOTE ON PLAQUE "WHAT LIES BEHIND US, WHAT LIES BEFORE US, ARE TINY MATTERS COMPARED TO WHAT LIES WITHIN US" RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE MAGNIFICENT "7" IF YOU THINK YOU RECOGNIZE THIS FIRE STATION, YOUR RIGHT.  IT WAS THE FIRE STATION THAT WAS  THE FOCUS OF THE DOCUMENTARY ON 9-11.