REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11 -- Picking Up the Pieces

Still, Parker did not relish the thought of the one-year anniversary. "A lot of positive acts came out of (September 11) that showed there is a lot of humanity left in the United States and the world," he says. "The price we paid to find that out was very dear."

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The first shift, about 50 employees, was going about business as usual at The Fitch Group (130 Cedar St.), a general commercial printer that also does financial printing and research reports. Their building was 100 yards away from the South Tower, separated by only a parking lot.