Tears Begin at Midnight for a City Still in Shock ; Five Years On at Ground Zero and 9/11 Is Once Again Tormenting the Minds of New Yorkers

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THEY began arriving in dribs and drabs just before midnight.

A tearful family wearing T-shirts bearing the words "In loving memory of our father", an elderly woman draped in the stars and stripes with her candle and rosary beads, some trade unionists from the Downtown Bangladeshi Business Association clutching a tribute of roses in memory of their fallen colleagues.

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Tears Begin at Midnight for a City Still in Shock ; Five Years On at Ground Zero and 9/11 Is Once Again Tormenting the Minds of New Yorkers

Then, just as the clock struck midnight and 11 September dawned, the air was suddenly filled with a throaty roar as nearly 1,000 motorcyclists of the Harley-Davidson Club descended on Ground Zero. There, among the leather jackets of the Brooklyn and New York City chapters, 18 English bikers from the club's Surrey chapter, draped in union jacks, declared: "We shall never forget the British and American heroes who died here five years ...

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