"It Didn't Seem Real" 9/15/2001

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photographs by JOHN ALBANESE

"It Didn't Seem Real"

The working conditions were terrible. It was very slippery, and very dangerous.

The Red Cross volunteers at the site are wonderful — they had sodas, water, juice and sandwiches. There were people walking into ground zero, handing out water, and I thought that was incredible.

The level of morale down there right now is hard to judge. Everyone is very quiet — it was a very eerie feeling. I don't think anyone's registered the magnitude of what's happened yet.

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