I was enroute to attend a very special presentation Wednesday evening when I saw people gathered around television screens at around 54th and Park Wednesday afternoon. People were watching television screens of the steam explosion in Manhattan. Since I am a uber geek, I have an audio television feed on my walkman which has AM/FM/TV/Weather feeds as well as plays CDs and MP3s. (Mega thanks to SuperTwin Gil for that tip.) Anyway, I picked up the action and walked toward Lexington Avenue and 51st where the presentation was held, ten blocks north of the unfortunate accident. (Thank God Linda, Steve, and Kathleen were okay as we met up for the presentation later!)
As I went to take a picture of the steam and smoke, a CNN photographer took a picture of me which appears on CNN.com (I included a JPG snapshot below because CNN.com continually updates the site as my photo was fifth earlier today and now it is eighth as more photos are added.)
My photo of the steam and smoke appears below:
Posted by a grateful Tank thankful to be alive, thank God, in Midtown Manhattan.