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Magnum Photos Displays Photos of New York's Terrorist Attack

Aired November 27, 2001 - 06:57   ET

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DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: First though, the unspoken word that speaks volumes. We leave you this hour with a story of a New York photographer making a difference to New Yorkers struggling with their loss and grief.

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THOMAS HOEPKER, VICE PRESIDENT, MAGNUM PHOTOS: In the first few days, you really wanted to be -- do something, you know. Everybody told me that, they had the urge to do something. And for us, something was taking pictures. And we all felt we had witnessed an important moment in history, of course. I came to the office here and looked around and saw what my friends had photographed on that fateful day, and I was impressed and stunned by what I saw laying on the light tables in this office. And at that moment, I said we have to do a book.

DAVID HALBERSTAM, HISTORIAN: I've known the Magnum photographers over the years, and they were generous enough to ask me to do the intro. And I was thrilled to do it because the photographs are so extraordinary of, you know, one of the heartbreaking, memorable moments in New York life. I just took one look at the photos and felt honored to be included in it.

HOEPKER: There are pictures which we will never forget, you know, people who came out of the smoke and with cloth over their mouth covered with dust. Pictures of firemen at work. So these pictures will last for a long time.

I mean we thought about doing a show. I thought maybe it might look too slick, but when I saw the show today, I think it works very good (ph), very well. And just judging from the reaction of people who were there, you know (ph), I've seen some people in tears and I've seen people just standing and looking and looking and looking at a picture. So I think it's -- maybe it helped some people just to go there with a friend.

KENNETH JACKSON, PRESIDENT, NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: It's very clear that millions of Americans do want to see it, that there is a hunger for it. I think the public is so incredibly affected by what happened on September the 11th that we are simply trying to respond to the need for people to put it in some kind context.

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