WTC Photos / May 2002

The New York Downtown Marriott had just reopened its doors. It was May 2002, and I was in lower Manhattan for a meeting at the hotel. Arriving early, I checked in then showed my key to the elevator attendant -- security was still tighter than normal. Stepping off on a high floor and glancing out the window, this is what I saw.

Although months had passed, the scars of that fateful morning had not. Now, 10 years after the attack, I'm publishing these images for the first time.

The orange spray paint in the lower left tells the horrific story:
"Human Parts" and "Plane Parts" with corresponding arrows.
The Deutsche Bank building (with boarded windows) is to the east.

Looking north, with the Empire State Building in the distance.

Looking north onto the site.

Months later, items still adorn the fence in front of St. Paul's Chapel.

Remembrances left.

Burger King remade as the NYPD headquarters
(on the southeast corner of the WTC site)

A study in the surreal... visitors read about the World Trade Center
in a sign left standing on its southeast corner.