A woman makes a charcoal imprint of fallen firefighter Michael Weinberg's name on the FDNY Memorial Wall.

On June 10, 2006, the four-year anniversary of the end of recovery operations at Ground Zero, I had the privilege of attending the unveiling of the FDNY Memorial Wall outside of the Engine Company 10/Ladder Company 10 house on Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan, just yards away from the World Trade Center site. The engraved bronze wall stretches 56 feet long and 6 feet high, and was built with donations collected by the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation to honor firefighters and H&K partner and volunteer firefighter Glenn Winuk who died on Sept. 11.

Members of 10 House were literally the first responders on the scene at Ground Zero. Five firefighters from the house were among the 343 FDNY members who perished during rescue and recovery operations. This post is dedicated to the “343 Bravest” and all the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

“May we never forget.”

To view a panorama of the entire wall, click here.
To read more about the wall and the Engine Company 10/Ladder Company 10 station, click here.

Manhattan, seen from the Brooklyn Bridge

Seen from Washington Street in Brooklyn

Strawberry Fields in Central Park

Professor Edwardo Alvarado with his dancing puppets and organ in the Times Square station

See a video by the AP here.

Bethesda Terrace in Central Park

Seriously.

If you’re ever in Times Square and in dire need of novelty prophylactics, this guy’s got you covered. Pitching his wares with slogans such as, “Obama Condoms: For all your hard times” and “Obama Condoms: The ultimate stimulus package,” it was hard not to wait and see anyone would come and buy any. (One person did, after about five minutes.) You can score your own for the ultra-low price of $5 each. For more bad advertising puns, check out their website.

The U.N. office building

Radio City Music Hall

This was shot into a glass building across the street from the building. The original was a mirror image of course, but I flipped it because I liked it better this way.