September 11th happened unexpectedly hitting hard. Before that day probably no one ever thought such terror could exist and that it could be accomplished so easily. For most it was just a day on which something major had happened; for the rest it was a tragedy of unspeakable proportions.
It began as a normal day; people went to work, schools, some were leaving the work. Then a roar of a Boeing plane sounded over the heads of Manhattan residents and a loud thunder of it slamming into tower 1 around 8:46am...more |
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On September 11, 2001 the unthinkable happened. Unfortunately, we have been directly affected
by the tragedy. We worked at WTC 1 on 46 floor, and our equipment (digital camera, lenses,
batteries, etc.) were usually kept there, as well as original photos of the NYCfoto images.
Everything has been lost on that terrible day. Of course, it is nothing in comparison to the
lost lives, but still sad. NYCfoto.com has been hosted in Texas at that time, so we didn't
loose anything that was stored there. We also had most of the original photos backed up at
other locations, some of the galleries (only photos at high resolution) have been lost...
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Als ich am Dienstag gegen 15 Uhr vor dem Fernseher saß,konnte ich nicht glauben was ich da sah. Ich war ''live'' dabei wie das Gesicht New York's zerstört wurde und tausende Menschen ihr Leben ließen.
Obwohl NY soweit weg ist könnte ich Weinen vor Schmerz.
Ich möchte hiermit allen Amerikanerinen und allen Amerikanern, mein tiefstes Beileid aussprechen.
Jan Claus from Germany...