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2016 Postmortem

RandySF

(59,903 posts) Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:23 PM Jul 2016

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I was in Manhatten less than a month after 911

I'll never forget the stench in the Financial District.

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I was in Manhatten less than a month after 911 (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2016 OP

I'm sorry, am sure it was very hard, reality up close and personal. MichiganVote Jul 2016 #1

I was in Manhatten at least a month before 911 Shankapotomus Jul 2016 #2

I was there in December 2001 Glorfindel Jul 2016 #3

You could smell it mainstreetonce Jul 2016 #4

I was in Oyster Bay 3 days after 9/11 dhol82 Jul 2016 #5

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)

1. I'm sorry, am sure it was very hard, reality up close and personal.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:26 PM

Jul 2016

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

2. I was in Manhatten at least a month before 911

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:27 PM

Jul 2016

Neither will I.

Glorfindel

(9,750 posts)

3. I was there in December 2001

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:30 PM

Jul 2016

My heart broke and in many ways stayed that way.

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)

4. You could smell it

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:30 PM

Jul 2016

across the river for weeks.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

5. I was in Oyster Bay 3 days after 9/11

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:45 PM

Jul 2016

this little town is about 35 miles east from Manhattan.
I was standing outside, in a bucolic area, when the stench wafted over me. I couldn't figure out what it was for a while and then did a startled wake up when I realized it was the smell of death.
That's one of several memories I have of that time.

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