{"id":14315,"date":"2017-04-30T23:07:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=14315"},"modified":"2021-09-11T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T17:40:50","slug":"2021-wtc-pix-before-during-after-9-11-by-land-air-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=14315","title":{"rendered":"2021 &#8211; WTC Pix Before\/During\/After 9\/11 by Land\/Sea\/Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(ignore April 30, 2017 publish date &#8211; this was published on September 10, 2021)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14325\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-WTC1-1977-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of 9\/11. I kinda doubt I\u2019ll be around for the 40th, so I decided on Monday the 6th to see if I could put this monstrosity together in time to launch it on the 10th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">It took 3 days just to find and scan all the old slides, re-scan my site\u2019s tiny September 11th images and figure out a way to present them all. It\u2019s now Wednesday evening and I\u2019m just starting to write and hope that I can finish that tomorrow AND build the WordPress post so I can launch on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">It makes sense to do the entire post as a sequence, so I\u2019ve just sorted the files in folders by year, which leads me to\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>1977<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This is the first time I can recall ever taking WTC pictures and I went straight to the top to do it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">My girlfriend and I decided to go to the towers and have a magnificent shoot on Tower 1. Before we got there, however, we had a HUGE argument about something (I have NO idea what it was), but it put me in a HORRIBLE mood &#8211; so much so that I didn\u2019t even want to take pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">At ground level, I took ONE shot (the above pic). Since we were already there, we decided to at least go up and look. When we did, I found that with that view before my eyes, I could not NOT take pictures, so I grudgingly took a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">It\u2019s a good thing I did, because I never got to go back up there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Here they are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">East River, Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14326\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-from-WTC-1977-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-from-WTC-1977-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-from-WTC-1977-WM-min-768x465.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Looking north to the Empire State Building:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14327\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-WTC-1977-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Turning slightly to the left, this one includes the Hudson River and New Jersey:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14329\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-WTC-1977-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-WTC-1977-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-WTC-1977-WM-min-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Lastly, this one shows the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Island), Ellis Island and New Jersey:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14330\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-WTC-1977-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-WTC-1977-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-WTC-1977-WM-min-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>1982<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I wasn\u2019t kidding about shooting from land, sea and AIR. The whole story is here: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=620\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18px;\">https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=620<\/span><\/a>. Basically, for my sister\u2019s 23rd birthday, I hired a seaplane to take her (and the same GF) and my camera on a short flight down to and around the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson River past all the NYC sights, starting with the World Trade Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">We approach the WTC and go past it:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14331\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-12-7-5-82-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-12-7-5-82-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-12-7-5-82-WM-min-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14332\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-19-7-5-82-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-19-7-5-82-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-19-7-5-82-WM-min-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">The plane rocked a bit from side to side, so I took this shot when my side dipped (or was it just bad timing? Nah\u2026\u2026\u2026.couldn\u2019t be):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14333\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-10-7-5-82-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Although it was a bright, sunny day &#8211; and I was using beautiful Kodachrome film &#8211; the pictures all had a greenish cast to them. I took a lot of it out, but not all\u2026\u2026\u2026.otherwise, I\u2019d be left with B&amp;W photos. It turns out that the plane\u2019s windows were tinted green.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">But then I found another (smaller) shot that &#8211; sequentially &#8211; would have been next and whose exposure looks a lot more normal:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14334\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WTC82a-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"396\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I can\u2019t explain it, but I really haven\u2019t had time to get into a major search.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>1985<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I had three occasions to photograph the WTC in 1985. On the first one (May 14), I was back up in the air\u2026\u2026\u2026..actually 65 floors up, shooting a daytime event in the RCA Building\u2019s Rainbow Room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">From my angle, I noticed both the Empire State building &#8211; 15 blocks south of me &#8211; AND the WTC &#8211; about 3 miles from the ESB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">As you saw previously, I shot the ESB (34th St) from the WTC in 1977, so now I get to shoot both from the RCA Building (49th St):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14335\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-18-005-from-Rainbow-Room-5-14-85-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"747\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I was assigned to cover a July 4 event (the finish of some cross-country race) down near the WTC. Somebody was handing out Statue of Liberty crowns and my friend Hazel got one. Noticing what stood behind her, I thought what could be a more patriotic shot on the 4th of July than a smiling red, white and blue Lady Liberty in front of the World Trade Center?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14336\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-5-Hazel-Gilbert-7-4-85-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">On November 1, 1985, I took what is probably my favorite photo. Before I post it, I have to tell you that it\u2019s part of its own sequence: shown here, it\u2019s third in a shoot that involved the WTC, the moon and fireworks over both the Hudson and East Rivers on both sides of Manhattan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">First shot: Moon has just risen to the left of the WTC:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14337\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-32-11-1-85-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Second shot: Moon is now between the two towers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14338\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-12-1985-JC-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"865\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-12-1985-JC-WM-min.jpg 865w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-12-1985-JC-WM-min-768x666.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Third shot (the money shot)\u2026\u2026here\u2019s the picture and the story behind it, as it appears on my site:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14339\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-\u00a9Bob-Leafe-18-001-shot-on-11-1-85-FINAL-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-\u00a9Bob-Leafe-18-001-shot-on-11-1-85-FINAL-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-\u00a9Bob-Leafe-18-001-shot-on-11-1-85-FINAL-WM-min-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Taken from good ol&#8217; New Jersey (Liberty State Park), Jersey City, NJ 1985<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Probably my favorite shot, a golden-framed, poster-sized copy hung over my parents&#8217; fireplace for a dozen years and now hangs over my couch.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">NOT doing what everybody else did got me this shot.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">It started at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan where WNEW-FM was doing a week-long series of afternoon broadcasts featuring appearances by various rock stars, called &#8216;Shootout at the Hard Rock&#8217;.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The grand finale, called &#8216;Shootout in the Sky&#8217;, was a fireworks display on both sides of Manhattan in the Hudson and East rivers together with a stirring musical broadcast on the station that was coordinated to the fireworks.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">When we finished shooting at the Hard Rock on Friday afternoon, some of the other photographers said to me, &#8216;C&#8217;mon &#8211; let&#8217;s go down to The Battery and shoot the fireworks&#8217;. The Battery is the southern tip of Manhattan (partially obscured in this picture by what I think is a dark Ellis Island).<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">I didn&#8217;t find that to be a particularly well-thought-out idea&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..you can&#8217;t shoot the fireworks from BOTH rivers at once from there and you&#8217;d only have dark New Jersey or Brooklyn for a background, meaning they&#8217;d look like any other fireworks shots.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">&#8216;No thanks&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;see ya&#8217;.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Off I went to Liberty State Park, set up a tripod and a radio, and took these shots with the added bonus of a full moon rising between the towers of the World Trade Center.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The Empire State Building is on the far left. What appears to be a horizontal sky scratch AND a squiggly blue line at the waterline are the lights of a small airplane and a boat that were moving and which &#8216;painted&#8217; on the film while the shutter was wide open &#8211; in this case, probably for about 8 seconds on Kodachrome 64.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Post-September 11, 2001 comment: My favorite photo with the 2 fireworks was suddenly &#8216;the World Trade Towers with 2 explosions photo&#8217; and it freaked me out a bit having it as my main living room picture.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">After a few weeks, it evolved into the more-benevolent &#8216;the anti-September 11 photo&#8217;, because it was bright and celebratory, so all is right once again&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;at least it is in my living room.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">UPON FURTHER REVIEW: Freakout Factor #2 &#8211; There are actually TWO planes in the sky!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The one mentioned before has a flight path that&#8217;s either going away from or heading toward the upper floors of Tower 2! A second plane&#8217;s flight path appears to be going through the smoke under the left firework and is either going away from or heading towards the upper floors of Tower 1!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Fourth shot &#8211; Moon is now fully behind the top of Tower 2, rather halo-like:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14340\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-20-from-Liberty-State-Park-Jersey-City-NJ-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-20-from-Liberty-State-Park-Jersey-City-NJ-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-20-from-Liberty-State-Park-Jersey-City-NJ-LOW-RES-WM-min-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Fifth shot &#8211; I wanted a B&amp;W of the nearly-full moon reflecting on the water after the fireworks were over:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14341\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-WTC-etc-22-099a-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-WTC-etc-22-099a-WM-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-WTC-etc-22-099a-WM-min-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I have never scanned 1, 2, 4 and 5 before. I only noticed the moon sequence while gathering images for this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>1989<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I was hired on April 22 and 23 to shoot stills during a video shoot for the band Accept at the then-deserted Brooklyn Navy Yard (any of you metalheads remember a song called \u201cBalls To The Wall\u201d? That was Accept). The video\u2019s song was \u201cGeneration Clash\u201d &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 18px;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OOh7hxZFL1s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OOh7hxZFL1s<\/a><\/span> &#8211; (I don\u2019t remember it either).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">During a break, I walked around looking for interesting scenes to shoot and found this one with both towers and the Manhattan Bridge over the East River:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14342\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-from-Brooklyn-Navy-Yard-1989-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>1990<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">June 20 (another hire) &#8211; this time for the band Heaven\u2019s Edge. This was an interesting situation: the band had done a show for sailors aboard the USS Intrepid &#8211; now a Sea, Air &amp; Space Museum &#8211; docked at Pier 86 on the Hudson River.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">As a kindness, they were offered a short trip on the US Coast Guard cutter Dallas to nearby Governor\u2019s Island, which &#8211; at the time &#8211; was a Coast Guard installation and completely off-limits to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">On this day, five civilians were allowed on the island: the band and me (there may have been a band lady friend or two, as well).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">In this picture, we\u2019re on the CG cutter with one of the crew with the Twin Towers in the background (my first \u201cby Sea\u201d WTC shoot):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14343\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/21-June-20-1990-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/21-June-20-1990-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/21-June-20-1990-WM-min-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>1997<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This is a shot I took from home, as the MetLife blimp attacks the WTC. As you can see, Tower 1 essentially blocked Tower 2 from my view, so it always looked like there was only one tower (though you can see a tiny sliver of Tower 2):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14344\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/15-from-home-August-1997-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>1999<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">On June 5, I decided to treat myself to a Yankees-Mets interleague game via NY Waterways ferry, which left from Weehawken, NJ in the morning, went south down the Hudson River, around The Battery (southern tip of Manhattan), and then north up the East and Harlem Rivers to Yankee Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I hadn\u2019t counted on this being my most-prolific WTC shoot ever, but that\u2019s the way it worked out: one direction in the morning and the reverse in the afternoon. One side sunlit in the AM and the other in the PM (and my second \u201cby Sea\u201d WTC shoot).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Since the Hudson River was on the west side of Manhattan &#8211; this was NOT the sunlit side in the morning &#8211; fewer pictures were taken. Actually, I think this is the only decent one (and the color <em>may<\/em> have been enhanced a bit):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14345\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-19-June-1999-AM-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This was taken as we rounded the southern tip of Manhattan:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14346\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-26-June-1999-AM-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"744\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">After going under the Brooklyn Bridge, this was a must-have shot:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14347\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-3-June-1999-AM-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-3-June-1999-AM-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-3-June-1999-AM-WM-min-768x473.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This was probably the most unusual shot on the way to the Stadium. I had never seen a seaplane landing on the East River before, let alone with the FDR Drive and the WTC behind it:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14348\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-10-June-1999-AM-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-10-June-1999-AM-WM-min.jpg 862w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-10-June-1999-AM-WM-min-768x662.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">After the game (the Yankees beat the Mets, 6-3), we (I and a couple dozen other Yankee fans) climbed aboard the Yankee Clipper ferry for the ride back to Weehawken. Believe it or not, I was able to get almost the same seaplane\/WTC shot, except that it was now late afternoon, the scene wasn\u2019t sunlit and the plane was still in the air and about to land in the water:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14349\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-12-June-1999-PM-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-12-June-1999-PM-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5-12-June-1999-PM-WM-min-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">As we came around the southern tip, the lighting was just perfect for getting these 6 shots:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14350\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/6-24-June-1999-PM-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"750\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14351\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-33-June-1999-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-33-June-1999-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/7-33-June-1999-WM-min-768x444.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14352\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-34-Aboard-The-Yankee-Clipper-1999a-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-34-Aboard-The-Yankee-Clipper-1999a-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8-34-Aboard-The-Yankee-Clipper-1999a-WM-min-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14353\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-28-June-1999-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-28-June-1999-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9-28-June-1999-WM-min-768x395.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14354\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10-29-June-1999-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"750\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14355\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-1-June-1999-PM-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-1-June-1999-PM-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/11-1-June-1999-PM-WM-min-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This is the sunlit version of the first picture I took on the Hudson River side:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14356\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/12-1-June-1999-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Sometime during that return trip, I managed to tear myself away from hanging over the railing while shooting to get a shot of my travel mates aboard the Yankee Clipper. For you Yankee fans, you\u2019ll notice a couple of them wearing Paul O\u2019Neill jerseys (#21):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14357\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-6-5-99-PM-ferry-Yankee-Clipper-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-6-5-99-PM-ferry-Yankee-Clipper-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-6-5-99-PM-ferry-Yankee-Clipper-LOW-RES-WM-min-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>2000<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I don\u2019t recall what was on fire locally, but the smoke filled in the space between the Empire State Building and the WTC in this \u201cfrom home\u201d shot. Everything on the bottom is in Hackensack:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14359\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18-from-home-April-2000-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18-from-home-April-2000-LOW-RES-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18-from-home-April-2000-LOW-RES-WM-min-768x386.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>SEPTEMBER 11, 2001<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">NOTE: All text is taken from my site. I rescanned the slides whose site images were 300 pixels on the long side (and scanned by someone else) to make them 3 times longer. Some I converted to B&amp;W. Shooting something emotionally-disturbing that\u2019s over a dozen miles away with a telephoto lens makes it nearly impossible for the pix to be razor-sharp &#8211; especially when you have to crop the image. Some of these might be a <em>little<\/em> sharper than what\u2019s on the site, but their true value lies in the stories they tell to the best of their (and my) ability, given the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">From my apartment, Hackensack, NJ 2001<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I&#8217;m not always awake before 9am and I am NEVER out that early, but I had to bring my car in to the dealer for servicing before 9am on that Tuesday morning.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I got there at around 8:40am, spent about 15 minutes at the service desk and went into the waiting room to wait for their car service to take me home.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">The others in the waiting room were gathered around the TV, where I could see a tower of the World Trade Center burning. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">&#8216;What happened?&#8217;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">&#8216;A plane hit the World Trade Center!&#8217;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">At that moment, a replay came on and I saw a plane tear into a tower&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;except it wasn&#8217;t a replay! It was the second plane hitting Tower 2 live on TV!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">OMIGOD!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I called a friend and woke him. &#8216;Turn on your TV!&#8217; I then demanded a driver to get me home fast and got one. On the way home, we both cursed the only name we could think of in that situation &#8211; Osama Bin Laden.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I got home at about 9:25am and could see the WTC from my living room window, about 10-12 miles away. I immediately started shooting stills and video.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">From my perspective, Tower 1 has always blocked Tower 2 from sight. In this photo, both towers are still standing and burning.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">By the way, that terrorist balloon shown that you never heard about was an advertising balloon for Sifford Pontiac in Bogota, NJ. Apparently, they were called by the authorities and told to take it down pronto.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This image is weirdly-cropped because we had a problem with the foreground during scanning, so we just cut it out rather than waste a lot of time.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14360\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-WTC-9-11-01-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-WTC-9-11-01-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-WTC-9-11-01-WM-min-768x282.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">In this photo, Tower 2 has just collapsed and has begun spreading throughout lower Manhattan. Unfortunately, it is the only view of Tower 2 ever to be seen from here.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Family and friends begin calling, knowing my proximity and my love of the view. One person makes reference to the Superman movie with the nuclear missile headed for Hackensack.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">All the while, I&#8217;m doing video on the WTC with a TV news soundtrack in the background and taking stills.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">I didn&#8217;t take that many because the sun was on the wrong side and I figured I&#8217;d do more in the afternoon when the lighting was better, never thinking in a million years that the towers would fall.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14361\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/26-WTC-9-11-01-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/26-WTC-9-11-01-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/26-WTC-9-11-01-WM-min-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This is my most dramatic photo of the entire event. Essentially the same shot as the previous 22-002 (it was the next shot taken after 002), this was taken with a crappy 500mm mirror lens and is not sharp.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">From 10-12 miles away, you can see the dust clouds of Tower 2 rushing up against some of the nearby buildings.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">The darkest lower area is Hackensack, the next lightest area is NJ along the Hudson River and the lightest buildings are, of course, in NYC.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This photo freaks out more people (including myself) than any I have ever taken.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14362\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/27-WTC-9-11-01-WM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/27-WTC-9-11-01-WM.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/27-WTC-9-11-01-WM-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">This was an absolutely heart-breaking moment for me not only for the obvious reasons, but for selfish ones as well. It was devastating to see Tower 2 go down, but if Tower 1 stayed up, my view would be the same and I&#8217;d be able to think that both towers were still up, since I could never see Tower 2 from my angle, and that NYC was whole.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">But NYC wasn&#8217;t whole&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..it now had a hole known as Ground Zero.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14363\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/33-WTC-9-11-01-WM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/33-WTC-9-11-01-WM.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/33-WTC-9-11-01-WM-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>2011<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">The new tower (r.) is being built (and electrified?). I took this shot on August 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14364\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-IMG_7368-Lightning-new-WTC-8-1-11WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"628\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">On October 1, I saw fireworks going off nearby (though I don\u2019t recall what the occasion was). From my angle, the now-slightly-taller tower is prominent in the background. There\u2019s also a tall crane between me and the lower pyrotechnic bloom:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14365\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-IMG_9474-new-WTC-NJ-fireworks-10-1-11-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>2014<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">From my living room on September 11, I took these two shots of the 9-11 lights. In the left one, the Empire State Building is in red, white and blue and the lights have hit a cloud:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14366\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_516472-WTC-Lights-9-11-14-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_516472-WTC-Lights-9-11-14-WM-min.jpg 785w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_516472-WTC-Lights-9-11-14-WM-min-768x656.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>2015<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">In these two \u201cfrom home\u201d shots, both the Empire State Building and the completed World Trade Center tower are in rainbow LGBT lighting to celebrate the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states (the \u201cQ\u201d wasn\u2019t added until 2016):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14367\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_89848918-LGBT-ESB-WTC-NYC-6-2826-15-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"439\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>2018 &amp; 2019<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">In these more-recent &#8220;from home&#8221; shots from 2018 and 2019, the sun sets on the new tower (and on this post):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14380\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-IMG_4772-10-30-18-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-IMG_4772-10-30-18-WM-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-IMG_4772-10-30-18-WM-min-768x563.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14381\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-IMG_3443-11-12-19-WM-min-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-IMG_3443-11-12-19-WM-min-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-IMG_3443-11-12-19-WM-min-min-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Well\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..not completely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I think that the changeover from 9\/11 to now can be summed up in the name of the sailboat I photographed during my 1999 \u201cWTC by Sea\u201d shoot:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14393\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3-4-June-1999-WM-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"750\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">And &#8211; yes &#8211; I finished the post in plenty of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Thanks for asking&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.and for making it all the way through.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong><u>LATE ADDITIONS:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">It\u2019s now September 11. I\u2019m reading all the 9\/11 articles in my newspaper (yeah &#8211; I still get one) and I see a picture of a man holding a box of matches from Windows on the World &#8211; the magnificent restaurant on the 107th floor of Tower 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Wait a minute\u2026\u2026\u2026.I think I have something like that! Sure enough &#8211; in plain sight- in my living room, no less, are a tinier box of matches from the same place and they\u2019re displayed in front of an unopened CD with a horrific image. I\u2019ll get to that part later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I was never in that restaurant and I\u2019m pretty sure I bought the matchbox on eBay shortly after 9\/11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Here\u2019s the matchbox:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14399\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4132-9-11-21-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4132-9-11-21-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4132-9-11-21-min-768x358.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">The back of it:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14400\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4133-9-11-21-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4133-9-11-21-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4133-9-11-21-min-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Its contents:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14401\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4138-9-11-21-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4138-9-11-21-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4138-9-11-21-min-768x344.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Those are some rough-looking matches. Maybe they were designed to make you stop smoking because you\u2019d get splinters every time you lit up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I counted the matches\u2026\u2026\u2026.11. Seems like there was room for one more. Did someone use one, get splinters and decide to sell it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Who knows? But if you look on the striker side, there appears to be one long strikemark, so\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..maybe:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14402\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4140-9-11-21-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4140-9-11-21-min.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4140-9-11-21-min-768x171.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Now to that CD, which came out 5 years before 9\/11. The copyright year (1996\u00bd) is from the back cover:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14403\" src=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Bone-Machine-1996-frontback-part-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Bone-Machine-1996-frontback-part-min.jpg 777w, https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Bone-Machine-1996-frontback-part-min-768x819.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">I have nothing to say about it except that I didn&#8217;t buy it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (ignore April 30, 2017 publish date &#8211; this was published on September 10, 2021) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of 9\/11. I kinda doubt I\u2019ll be around for the 40th, so I decided on Monday the 6th to see if I could put this monstrosity together in time to launch it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14315"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14405,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14315\/revisions\/14405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}