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I was driving down 56th St.

 
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Jan 15, 2009 16:47 |  #1

And what did I see but the US Airways jet flying at eye level right before it splashed into the Hudson River.

And to keep this photography related, Damn I wish I would have had my gear with me at the time.


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Jan 15, 2009 16:48 |  #2

And amazingly everyone survived...was watching it online...so crazy.


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Jan 15, 2009 16:50 |  #3

Yeah, was listening to the news on the drive home. I got out of the area around 5 minutes before the NYPD shut down the west side highway. I was driving north, and there had to have been no less than 50 NYPD vehicles drive south bound during my drive.


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Jan 15, 2009 16:54 |  #4

And already someone has posted shots on FlickR with "anyone can use these images, please credit me" underneath.

Do these people not realise news photos have a value .


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Jan 15, 2009 17:11 |  #5

GSH wrote in post #7084874 (external link)
And already someone has posted shots on FlickR with "anyone can use these images, please credit me" underneath.

Do these people not realise news photos have a value .

It's called You Witness News Powered by flickr. Great isn't it.


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Jan 15, 2009 17:15 |  #6

eddarr wrote in post #7084964 (external link)
It's called You Witness News Powered by flickr. Great isn't it.

I'd call it stupidity ;)


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Jan 15, 2009 17:28 |  #7

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I'd call it stupidity ;)

x2. Had I had my gear with me, I would have parked the Jeep, walked to the site, shot off all the images I could, and walked over to the Associated Press on 33rd street for submission.


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Jan 15, 2009 18:00 |  #8

I said to myself, why are there so many sirens outside my office. I went onto CNN.com and saw....

I work in the financial district....so thats pretty far from the "splash" site, but seems like every cop out there was responding to what happened.


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