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Updated: 02:42 PM EDT 18:42 GMT -- 11 Sep 2001
Workers bearing witness

Workers bearing witness

It was very much a workday -- the start of a busy Tuesday on the East Coast, highest rush hour in New York and Washington, careerists were moving to work. And some of them were also moving directly into harm's way as the day got underway. They share with us here what they saw, heard, felt.

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Purchased a grocery item.

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CORPORATE CLASS  
Is your business any of theirs? Is your business any of theirs?
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