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Capturing the Collapse: 21 Images After the Explosion in NYC

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“Can you go to East Harlem to photograph an explosion?,” an editor asked, not long after I arrived at our Midtown Manhattan office. A massive blast, believed to be due to a gas leak, leveled two apartment buildings on Wednesday morning, killing three people and injuring nearly 70 others. The explosion, which could be felt from more than a mile away, blew out windows on surrounding buildings and sent debris tumbling down onto nearby streets.

I grabbed my photo gear and took off for East Harlem with a fellow colleague who was covering the collapse.

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