During the collapse of the second tower we hid in this office building lobby while the air cleared. The building manager offered us water and took us to restrooms to wash the thick gray ash off.People were kind of numb, and I remember answering a young man's questions about Battery Park City. He wanted to know it the tower had fallen onto it, and I couldn't really say.
The ash was very reactive, and burned when mixed with sweat (or when we tried to wash it off). It was also hard to wash off.
I felt dirty for days.
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