I took both pictures at ground zero on November 11, 2004. A bit over three years after the attack, and the whole area was still in shambles. The feeling was (and I’m sure still is) very eerie there. Around the entire perimeter every so often there were groups of tactical looking NYPD officers with rifles (AR-15 pattern.. but could have been M4’s, I’m not sure) and German shepherds that were all business.
