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

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photographs by JOHN ALBANESE

"It Didn't Seem Real"

They were just starting to bring in some of the heavy equipment, moving the cars away.

It just seems so surreal. We were just out there searching — it was so quiet. The only thing you heard was the noise of shovels as people with flashlights searched every little crevice, every hole. Weworked there from 3 p.m. Tuesday to 3 a.m. Wednesday.

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