SEPTEMBER 11
BEARING WITNESS TO HISTORY

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"... stripped off and folded up like wrapping paper during the collapse of the buildings."
David Shayt

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"...The whole back of the fire truck had melted."
William Yeingst
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"They happened to be there on September 11 and they tilted their camera up..."
William Yeingst





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