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Another green screen, October 7th, 2001.

On October 7th, as I was getting ready to go to Union Square to photograph a peace rally, the announcement was made that the U.S. had started bombing Afghanistan. The war had started, and on T.V. abstract (and very familiar) images of the bombing were shown. Almost immediately, a message by Osama Bin Laden was broadcast. I particularly felt a chill when he said, "no one living in America will feel safe." He repeated it.


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