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

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2001 - 09:43:01 PDT

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    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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