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Sunday, September 16, 2001

Well, they said they need clothes, didn’t they?

"Early yesterday morning, just as dawn was breaking over the scene of wreckage and death, a group of firefighters on a break from the grim routine of searching the rubble was seen in the Brooks Brothers store in 1 Liberty Plaza, joking and trying on coats and top hats."

New York Times. "A police command center was set up in a two-story Burger King, which also served as a temporary feeding station. At times it also seemed like a bazaar as loads of donated clothing, including an incongruous bag full of velvet tops with spaghetti straps, were distributed by volunteers to the rain-soaked workers."'

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