Although I deplore what Bush 43 has done to politicize this tragedy, I would like to present this drawing (this more @ the link) to the memory of the fallen of that day.
Alot of us on set were working together the day of the strikes. In fact on September 10th, we were shooting @ Stuyvesant High School. Incredible what a change in schedule would have meant. But on the 11th, we were in Nyack,NY about to start a day's filming.
Carlos and Lamont would leave right away to try to get back to their families in Brooklyn. It took 7 hours to make the trip.
In the afternoon, Tristan and I were sick of the constant coverage and drove north to go for a hike @ Bear Mountain. We went swimming in a lake and as we floated on our backs, the skies were empty. Everything was quiet that afternoon.
The rest of the crew spent the night @ El's and we made our way back to the city on the 12th.
I live across the Brooklyn Bridge from the site and the intersections of Tillary and Adams was turned into a staging ground. Every few hours masses of doctors or firemen or police would converge and be sent over the bridge in buses.
The acrid smell. The smoke. The sirens. They stayed for days while the city coped.
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