NYC Community Reflects on 9/11

In the months following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, toxic dust filled the air in Lower Manhattan. City officials told everyone soon afterward, however, that it was safe to return to work in the area.
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/122716029.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/122716029.jpg" alt="The sun sets over Jersey City and the World Trade Center site, with One World Trade Center to the right on August 28, 2011 in New York City.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)" title="The sun sets over Jersey City and the World Trade Center site, with One World Trade Center to the right on August 28, 2011 in New York City.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1869496"/></a>
The sun sets over Jersey City and the World Trade Center site, with One World Trade Center to the right on August 28, 2011 in New York City.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)