If you look carefully at “St. Marks Place,” the above painting by artist Lola Saenz inspired by the gas explosion on Second Avenue, you can see two faces, one screaming or gaping in astonishment, the other with its head quietly lowered. The painting encapsulates the shock and despair felt by East Villagers as they witnessed the sudden crisis that took two people’s lives.
Stanley Cohen at his Avenue D loft. (Photo: Mary Reinholz)
New York City firefighters outside McSorley’s Old Ale House today. (Photo: Natalie Rinn)
Members from fire rescue units across New York City congregated at McSorley’s Old Ale House today in commemoration of September 11.
Paul Sainsbury of FDNY Rescue 4 in Queens said, “We gather here every year at 3:43 p.m.” – a number that mirrors the total loss of firefighters on this day twelve years ago. Sainsbury said he arrived on the scene that Tuesday “as the second tower was going down.”
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