Immediately following the disaster in New York, the subway system closed down, and multitudes of people exited lower Manhattan on foot — many of them crossing the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
Ņujorkas metro tūlīt pēc katastrofas tika slēgts, un tūkstošiem cilvēku pameta Manhetenu kājām — daudzi no viņiem šķērsoja Bruklinas vai Manhetenas tiltu.