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New Yorker Recounts 9/11 Attack, Aftermath

Laura Rosen, who worked as an archivist at the MTA offices at 2 Broadway, witnessed the most devastating events in the history of the city.
New Yorker Recounts 9/11 Attack, Aftermath
A fiery blasts rocks the World Trade Center after the twin towers were hit by two hijacked planes on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Michael Washburn
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NEW YORK CITY—Laura Rosen, an artist, photographer, and author with a lifelong interest in New York City’s buildings, bridges, tunnels, and landmarks, and the infinite variety of its architecture, witnessed firsthand the most devastating event ever to befall the Manhattan skyline, on Sept. 11, 2001.

For Rosen, as for so many others, it started like an ordinary late summer day, with no hint of anything the least bit unusual.

Michael Washburn
Michael Washburn
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Michael Washburn is a New York-based reporter who covers U.S. and China-related topics for The Epoch Times. He has a background in legal and financial journalism, and also writes about arts and culture. Additionally, he is the host of the weekly podcast Reading the Globe. His books include “The Uprooted and Other Stories,” “When We're Grownups,” and “Stranger, Stranger.”