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Article: AMERICAN APOCALYPSE: I thought I'd seen it all on TV. But as I stood in the ashes of heroes and saw bodies being taken away, I felt true horror ...and wept.(News)
- Article from:
- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 16, 2001
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Byline: DAVID BROWN One of the first British journalists to get into New York since the attack
I THOUGHT I knew it all before I arrived in New York. I'd seen the brutal terrorist attack in full, terrifying colour on TV. I'd witnessed every heart-breaking image and emotion.
Like everyone around the world, I had stared at the screen with a sense of incredulity. I had read every word in every newspaper written about this terrible tragedy.
But nothing had prepared me for the full scale of the nightmare until I saw it for myself yesterday - a sickening, ...