September 24, 2003

WTC Pictures, Rebuilding

As promised (and I apologize for the delay), here are more WTC pictures, courtesy of Pete. These were taken this spring and summer, so you can get an idea of the rebuilding.

All commentary comes from Pete:

This is the Southwest side of the site, taken from my building, around April of this year.
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This is the East side of the site. If you squint a bit you can see the cross about 2/3 of the way up on the left. This is where the smaller buildings were located and it doesn't go as deep as the west side where the 2 towers were located.
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This is the first few floors of #7 taken from the 16th floor of my building. They are almost up to the 6th floor by now
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The Cross looking North. The Federal building is in the background.
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This is the Deutsche Bank building. I included pictures from right after the 11th to show the damage to the front side. About 12-15 floors were ripped out when the South Tower collapsed. They are still trying to decide wheather to tear it down or to fix it. During that day the sprinklers went off in the building and mold grew on everyting inside. If they do decide to tear it down if has to be done floor by floor. They cannot drop it due to the mold. (or so we are told) My boss' brother worked in this building and his office was in the area that was destroyed. He was out that day and escaped injury.
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Posted by Jennifer at September 24, 2003 07:42 AM

Comments

Thanks for posting these.

Posted by: Ted at September 24, 2003 11:51 AM

yes, much appreciated..I too worked for Deutsche Bank at that time...20th floor. Originally the damage was thought be superficial and the building repairable. But with the mold, and proximity to the devistation, it will probably never be rebuilt.

Posted by: jim at September 24, 2003 08:54 PM

I'm amazed and angered every time I see pictures of the site. Thanks.

Posted by: Sgt Hook at September 24, 2003 11:20 PM


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