On Sept, 16, at a basketball court on the north side of Canal Street, Manhattan Youth executive director Bob Townley addressed hundreds of residents. It was the first effort to organize the community and provide urgently needed information and support. Photo: Carl Glassman/Tribeca Trib
This video slideshow, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, is a selection of photos I took in Tribeca on that tragic day, and the first few days that followed. If you were here, it is a small visual reminder of ways so many came together out of a sense of service and community. If you were not, I hope it helps connect you to this extraordinary moment in the neighborhood’s history.
Photographs by Carl Glassman/Tribeca Trib
The Tribeca Trib was a monthly print publication at the time (we were not yet online) so our first issue after Sept. 11 came out at the beginning of October. By then, children had begun attending school outside the neighborhood, businesses reopened to a dearth of customers, and most everyone worried about the air.
In a Note to Readers, prefacing that first post-9/11 issue, I wrote:
As we go to press, a cloud both metaphorical and real hangs over us. Many remain displaced; the livelihoods of our businesses are threatened; the near future of our schools and their programs is in doubt. We worry about the very air we breathe. Worst of all, not a few of us bear the loss of friends, family members, co-workers and neighbors.
But the news is not all bad. This month, we also want to remember that in difficult times, our neighbors came together in countless acts of courage and kindness, toward the rescue effort and toward each other. It is a privilege to be a community newspaper in such a community.