Trip to Ground Zero - 9/11/02 [Archive]

Mutt

09-12-2002, 07:30 AM

Widget & I felt that we should drive into the city for the anniversary of 911 and pay our respects. We met up with Joey Boots, High Pitch Eric, and Dan the Song Parody Man (Author of the Howard Stern 911 Metalica Mix). We visited Ground Zero and shared beers while remembering all that has happend. Below are photos and a description of the events of the day. I wasn't in a great picture taking mood, but at least I snapped off a couple.
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It was a long day and even though we kept things vey low key, there was still alot that happend.
Howard played SFN member, Dan The Song Parody Man's 911 Stern Show remix and the gang really liked it. 3 SFN members were prominently featured in the remix Joey Boots, Zolar, and Crazy Cabbie. Dan was very cool and plugged SternFanNetwork.com. Howard played the High Pitch Eric / Sal the Stockbroker (both SFN members) crank call and everyone laughed. I hadn't even left the house yet, and already so much had happened.

Widget & I drove up to NYC to pay our respects. We left Philly around 8:30 & listened to Howard. The show was just finishing up as we were parking the jeep Near Rockefeller Center. We were early so we walked through Times Square and did some shopping. We ran into the Naked Cowboy again. He was being interviewed by someone and I heard him say that he was the American dream. :)

We met up with High Pitch and Rockefeller Center and I made sure he knew that this was a day for remembrance and not a day to run around yelling "kill! kill! kill!". He was wearing his ice, a brand new HPE pendant on a huge silver chain. He was very proud of it. We walked through the faces of 9-11 display (many incredible photos & stories about Ground Zero survivors) and then hit the ice rink bar to wait for the others. We met a couple of Secret Service agents sitting at the bar. (they were drinking soda) The one guy was a fan of Erics and wanted a photo. I had 2 conditions, show me your credentials and let me snap a pic for the site. He agreed to both, and i have to say that his ID / badge was much cooler looking than when you see them in the movies. To protect the very nice secret service man who was in town to protect the President, I'll have to blur out his face, but it's still a very cool pic.

Dan the Song Parody Man showed up with KiraKat and her daughter. Dan ran into Elephant boy on his way and grabbed a nice photo. he didn't want to join us. He said that he doesn't do the show anymore and that his life is much better now. Dan had the paper with him and in it was an article about yet another SFN member, Nicloe Bass. The photo of her was one of the ones she sent me and is in the SFN photo album (thieves). Mr Joey Boots arrived shortly afterwards. Sal the Stockbroker and Zolar never made it.

We caught the subway into the village to get some lunch. Eric stopped a fire truck and shook hands with the firemen. He looked like a little kid on christmas morning. ;) We had a nice mexican lunch and talked about September 11th. I had brought the time life 911 book with me. It has lots of photos and sotries from the entire disaster. Eric crank called SFN member, Doc. He tried to use a low voice and though you could still tell it was him, it was so funny that he at least tried. Since he's in training for the fight, he ordered a salad. As we left, the trashmen were picking up the trash. Eric helped the trashmen. He was the one source of comedy for us. It helped make the day bearable.

We wanted to go to battery Park, but it was getting late. Instead we walked down to Ground Zero. Erik talked to lots of cops along the way. We rested on the church steps for a half hour. We couldn't go any further, because the vips from the president's visit were still on their way out. it was a really sad moment. they finally let us in and it turns out that they forgot to put all of the barracades back up. we all walked past the gate and into Ground Zero. I could hear people saying that this was the first time they've let the general public in. As we continued further in, the fence stopped and i started think how wierd it was that they let us into this point. At the far end of the huge hole that used to be the twin towers, people had actually climbed out onto the scafolding to take photos. They finally realized that we were all in too far and asked us to go back to the other side of the fence. (hundreds of people were already in) it was incredible to look at the enormous void in the ground where these building used to stand. I snapped a couple pics, but it just didn't feel right. There were assholes climbing the fences or sticking their cameras through holes on the concrete so they could get better pics. i din't want to be associated with them, so I finally put it away and pulled out only to take something that moved me. By the time we left, we had to go home. We weren't in any mood to hit the bar. We just wanted to go home.

Heard Dan's song on KROCK on the ride home.

Mutt

09-12-2002, 07:30 AM

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Widget and I hit Times Square while we waited for the rest of the gang. This pic is just plain cool.</td>
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It was a clear beautiful day in NYC.</td>
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We were goofing about maybe the Naked Cowboy would be here again and then there he was.</td>
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Several people interviewed him and asked for photos.</td>
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Here's a clean shot of him for the ladies and Eric.</td>
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This guy wanted to know who he was and Mr Naked told him 'I am the American dream'.</td>
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Everyone was snapping pics of him, even people driving by.</td>
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We stopped for drinks at Carmines. It was a real nice family style Italian joint right in Times Square. We'll definitely eat there on our next trip.</td>
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This is the Rockefeller Building. We used the bathroom here, and as we rode the escalator down to the cafeteria, Widget turned pale. She had never been there before, but recognized the room from a dream where something horrible had happened and she was panicking, running around searching for me. We left ASAP.</td>
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We found Eric, and he was sporting his brand new ice just shipped to him that morning.</td>
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The crew from <a href='http://personalizedboutique.com/?link=mf'>Personalized Boutique</a> sent it to him. (buying from them helps Mark's Figgin)</td>
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This is the Rink Bar at Rockefeller center. We're actually where the ice skating rink normally is. Above us was a large tent housing the 'Faces 0f 911' display.</td>
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We had a couple beers while waiting on Joey Boots, Zolar and Sal the Stockbroker. 2 out of the 3 never made it.</td>
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Eric had a brand spankin new cel phone / palm pilot. I was impressed. The mysterious blurred out men behind him turned out to be secret service in town to protect the President.</td>
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Eric told me that this guy was secret service, and I figured Eric had been scammed. I told him I'd need to see some ID before I could allow the photo, so he showed us his Badge. It was a really cool multifold leather wallet with credentials, a photo ID and his badge, like the ones you've seen on tv. He asked to have his face blurred out. It's a shame because it's a real nice photo.</td>
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Dan the Song Parody Man showed up with KiraKat and little KiraKat.</td>
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Chicks dig me.</td>
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Here's Eric calling Joey Boots. Little KiraKat was frozen with fear of the great green ape.</td>
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Eric new job</td>
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He really is just a big lovable kid. Play with the trash truck, meet the firemen, get the firemen to turn on the siren. I swear if there was a merry go round, he'd of asked to go on it. :^)</td>
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Eric Noooooo!!! Don't eat that baby! Dan, do something!</td>
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Eric just loves cops and firemen. He stopped all day to tell the boys in blue, what a great job they were doing. Eric may have given hand relief to the guy in the back seat. I'm not sure.</td>
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I'm writing the captions and just noticed how much better I'm feeling, then all of the sudden wham I get to the Ground Zero pics. This is where the Twin towers used to stand.</td>
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Funny that this is the first photo with Joey Boots in it. He caught up with us at the Rink Bar. I wasn't really into taking photos this day. I'm on the steps of the church right around the corner from Ground Zero. There were lots of flowers, candles, and extremely depressed people.</td>
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This is what everyone was looking at. It's the fenced in Giant hole in the ground that used to be the 2 most impressive building in the whole city. We couldn't get any closer. Limos and SUVs were busy shuttling out the VIPs from the President's visit.</td>
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Eric got a hold of an officer and found out that they'd be letting us get closer after the VIPs cleared out.</td>
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There were hundreds of cops on hand.</td>
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These are the first buildings surrounding the twins towers that have been repaired. They just reopened this week and people were already working in them. They were beautiful.</td>
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Several of the other buildings were coming back to life as well.</td>
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My heart dropped when I saw the enormous hole in the ground. This is only part of it. Thousands of Americans lost their lives here. It just didn't make any sense.</td>
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The foundations are actually below sea level. The river has been pushing in the foundations and eventually, all of this would have become part of the river. The cement trucks are on hand trying to hold back the river. They drill 700' into the ground on an angle, insert cables, pump it full of concrete forming anchors for the old foundations. I have no idea that this was even going on.</td>
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I can't believe that this isn't over yet. We all heard how everything has been cleaned up and haled away. It sounded like all of the damage had already been done. Who would have thought that now that we could still lose even more.</td>
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As you can see, the fence had stopped and we were standing at the edge of the hole looking down. It took the police a little while to figure out that we weren't supposed to be in this far. By then there were hundreds of people inside the fences.</td>
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It's hard to see in this little photo, but if you look at the back wall of the hole, you can tell just how deep & wide it actually is.</td>
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A message from the workers. 'We will never forget' I know Widget & I won't.</td>
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This steel cross is wreckage from the tower. It was found sticking out of the wreckage, broken in the form of a cross, with an anchor foot on the bottom. The workers poured this new concrete base and mounted it here.</td>
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The hole was massive and depressing. It dropped down several stories. It's hard to believe that two 100 story buildings used to stand here.</td>
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I couldn't take anymore pictures. Widget was already in tears and we just needed to leave. 
Rest in peace victims of September 11th, We will never forget.</td>
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