I got up early today to go to the waterfont to catch the sunrise over New York.

Im still taking pictures.

Im about to head back out.
------
NJ Transit Light Rail, 34th Street Station Bayonne, NJ:

Voice of NJ Transit dispatcher.. ".. there is only
service from Newark to Journal Square and Grove
Street to 33rd Street in Manhattan. The PATH trains
will not be stopping at 9th, Christopher or 23rd
Streets."
Voice on the radio: "What about to the World
Trade Center?"
Long pause....
"There is no World Trade Center."

-----
Conversations with Jersey City cops on duty at the Exchange Place Plaza by the waterfront:

- "My wife works on the 80th floor of the WTC. I had gotten in late and went to bed. I woke up late and she was right beside me. She said she had decided to take the day off."

- "Afterward, we got a call from the super at 12801 Kennedy Boulevard, right above all those Arab delis, you know?
Apparently there was a whole group up there watching the building go down and CELEBRATING. Jesus Christ.
The superintendent of the building said it sounded like they were having a fuckin' party.
About fifteen of us responded, but by the time we got there they were all gone.

I tell you what, its a good thing they disappeared, because, not for nuthin'.. some of those guys had their night-sticks already out.
Man, some of those guys were RAGING.
I kinda hung back. I was prepared to have an 'ankle injury', if you know what I mean.

I didnt want to be anywhere near what was gonna happen."

- "Oh, you mean what happened at 12801 Kennedy? Well, we dont know if they were actually celebrating on the rooftop. From what we were told, they were only up there watching what was happening.
We really dont know if they were up there celebrating."
----
Things the cops were talking about, largely unsubstantiated at that time. We were discussing how there seemed to be quite a clampdown on news coming out of the scene.

Again, most of this had not been confirmed at time of writing.

- They were in contact with people underneath the rubble by cell phones. ( turned out to be true.)

- Somene had tossed explosives into two NYPD police cars somewhere uptown.
One car was so burnt, and the body of the officers so charred, that they identified them only by the firearms.

- A man had rushed up to officers at post on one of the bridges screaming "Help Me, Help Me" to get them to come rushing to his assistance. Before he could get close, he was shot in the head.
They found explosives strapped his body.

- The plane that had crashed in Pennsylvania was actually forced down by Air Force jets before it could get close to Camp David.

- When the plane crashed into the Pentagon, essential personnel were rushed into the bunkers and situation rooms, and were issued automatic weapons as sidearms.

- More than 4 jets had been hijacked, no matter what the news said.

- There was a PATH train trapped in the tunnel underneath the river. They couldnt get to them, because the tunnel at the deepest point was under too much water, either coming from the river or from all the water being poured on the building remnants. They would have to wait until the Port Authority scuba team could get down there.

The last was later substantiated as were soon shooed out of
Exchange Place, and rescue teams as well as Bomb Squad
vans were put in place.

They gave up after a few hours. There was nothing they could
do.
-------
Although this will probably be an over-used cliche by now..

Most people are in shock.

Although Ive noticed around the scene, people were actually
talking to each other, introducing themselves, swapping
experiences.

But still in shock as the fighter jets and helicopters rumble
overhead.
--------