“I’ve been pulling out bodies since tuesday. I haven’t slept.”
-Robert Marrero, Brooklyn

“You’ve just gotta keep hope alive. We want to be able to at least bring closure to some families, so we keep searching.”
- Kevin Taylor, emergency services, Passaic Co., NJ.

- John Messenger, emergency services, Passaic Co., NJ.

- Jacob, laborer, Brooklyn.

“When it goes quiet, it becomes real. It’s actually surreal. Compared to Oklahoma City, this is like a nuclear blast.”
- Pete Messena, Oklahoma Co. Emergency Management, Ok.

“We’re all working as one. New York is really sticking together.”
- Ray Miranda, electrician, Howard Beach, NY.

“This is our country’s darkest hour, and yet our finest moment”
- Mike Feltham, police officer, New York

“It just hasn’t set in yet.”
- John Dubeau, firefighter, Boston, Ma.

“It’s just so big in there. There’s a lot of anger amongst the firefighters, after losing so many.”
- Sean Summers, nurse, Foxbro, Ma.

“It’s very depressing. I’ve lost thirty-four of my friends i work with.”
- Paul Mazzilli, firefighter, Brooklyn

This is a story i shot a while ago, but always wanted to make a directors cut, if you will. For me, the fun part about shooting a story, is maintaining a sense of narrative throughout, so it feels like your going on a journey. To me that is the most powerful piece of story- telling, and reportage work is nothing if not that. There has to be a sense of experience, just like any good documentary film. And Ultimate Fighting is a great subject for that, whether your a fan or not, you have fighters on the fringe of making a name, and wearing their life and scars literally on their sleeves, for everyone to see. As a photographer, you cannot wish for any more than that.