![]() ![]() ![]() The majority of the dump trucks traveling West Street are white, though tinted gray from the dust and smoke at Ground Zero. ![]() It’s a non-stop caravan of filled trucks heading North on West Street, empty ones heading South. The twisted steel beams are carted out on flatbeds, and ash, rubble and other debris are carted off in dump trucks. And the number of victims is growing daily as missing persons reports are filed with the city.Īccording to Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York, about 50,000 tons of debris have been removed from the site and transported, ironically, to Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, which the city shut down in the past year. Burried in the remains are an estimated 5,400 men and women who have been reported missing and are presumed dead. In addition to the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, several buildings over a 16-acre area were reduced to ash, chunks of concrete and horribly disfigured steel beams. Ground Zero is the site of last Tuesday’s terrorist attacks. ![]() The road, which runs along the Hudson River, is closed to regular traffic, but is heavily used by emergency vehicles and by trucks carrying debris from Ground Zero. NEW YORK – The scene on West Street in Lower Manhattan was all too familiar yesterday. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |