Friends, 25 years ago, both Paul and Chris, relatively new cops working in Hell’s Kitchen, were detailed down to Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Now, we all react to such things differently. Some took photos. Some videos. Paul scrawled little notes on the back of police forms so that, months later, he could document what he saw on that day and the days that followed. He titled the eventual article, “Notes From Ground Zero.”
Who could have predicted that we’d be where we are in New York City today?
And even stranger: that Paul would end up at Fox News, who recently dramatized the article in an excellent documentary streaming on the Fox Nation platform?
This week, for the 25th Anniversary of that day, Paul reads the original article below.
We here at The Ops Desk hope you are well and safe. And if you lost people that day, know that there are many of us who do indeed try to keep to our vow to, “never forget.”
And if you would like to support the people continuing to advocate on behalf of so many affected by 9/11 — a group that we TRUST — please consider Tunnels to Towers. The link is HERE.
Thank you.
