Unfortunately, I can not only imagine, I have seen it with my own eyes for too long. My fiance works at #1 Chase Plaza next to what was the WTC. She is so shaken by working there that I have to ride the subway downtown from my midtown office every day to pick her up from work and bring her to our apartment near Ground Hero. Everyday she has been at work, fire alarms are set off by the dust and smoke from Ground Hero that seeps into her building which really rattles her nerves. The smell is horrible when I pick her up.
toupsie, you're one heck of a guy, your fiance is a lucky woman....God Bless NY and God Bless America! Unfortunately, I've seen it first hand, it ain't a pretty picture.
Karen