Workers
As the towers fell 13 years ago, New York City transit mobilized for the evacuation of lower Manhattan, the painstaking search for victims, and the removal of hundreds of tons of broken cement and i-beams. But in the history of those days, transit workers were overlooked to a great extent. We supplied all of the heavy equipment on site for the first three days, until outside contractors were brought in. Three thousand transit workers assisted, many staying for weeks. Today, many suffer health effects from their service on the pile. TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen was one of those there on a daily basis serving alongside every title. These photos document some of the work of transit workers at Ground Zero as we remember this tragedy 13 years later.
Workers
As the towers fell 13 years ago, New York City transit mobilized for the evacuation of lower Manhattan, the painstaking search for victims, and the removal of hundreds of tons of broken cement and i-beams. But in the history of those days, transit workers were overlooked to a great extent. We supplied all of the heavy equipment on site for the first three days, until outside contractors were brought in. Three thousand transit workers assisted, many staying for weeks. Today, many suffer health effects from their service on the pile. TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen was one of those there on a daily basis serving alongside every title. These photos document some of the work of transit workers at Ground Zero as we remember this tragedy 13 years later.