SEPTEMBER 11
BEARING WITNESS TO HISTORY

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"... I felt as if I was on Antarctica, at an Antarctic base of some kind."
David Shayt

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"...his restaurant was cranking, 24 hours a day, every day of the week with volunteer workers and donated food..."
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"...we have had unusual cooperation"
Jim Gardner





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