FC: Take a photo of World Trade Center attack site, go to jail

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/xnyap/20010926/lo/attacks_photo_ban_1.html

N.Y. Bans Amateur Photographs

   By ELISABETTA COLETTI, Associated Press Writer

   NEW YORK (AP) - The gawkers who have gathered each day at the ruins of
   the World Trade Center have been banned from taking photographs or
   video of the scene.

   A statement from the mayor's office Tuesday said the ban was issued
   because the site is a crime scene. Officer Michael DiFrancisco,
   standing guard at a barricade, said the photo ban also was ``out of
   respect for the families and all those concerned.''

   [...]




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