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Back Stories: World Trade Center Last Load Ceremony

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- On May 30, 2002, nine months after the September 11th attacks, the last column was removed from Ground Zero, marking the end of the recovery effort.

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WCBS reporter Peter Haskell recalls covering the solemn day and says it felt like a funeral.

Peter's notes from that day:

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