Many of you know that I watched the second plane hit the South Tower. I wrote this piece for the following day's Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which ran it with minor changes. There's a word or two I'd change, but I'm letting it stand as an example of deadline writing.
What appeared to be a British aircraft carrier was docked tonight at Pier 7 in Brooklyn, where Atlantic Avenue meets the water.
I couldn't get particularly close because of a signicant NYPD presence (including an anti-terrorism van complete with a comlink disk), but the ship was flying a Union Jack at the front, sported an impressive array of communications gear at the top, and looked for all the world -- from street level, anyway -- to have a flight deck. Didn't catch any ship name or number, though...
Normally, Pier 7 only has the Casino St. Charles paddlewheeler docked there, so a warship was kind of odd. The usual news sources are silent about this. Anybody know anything else about it?
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