Tearful scenes as workers return to terrorist hit district

Many workers returning to the district burst into tears as they left the subway station and were confronted by the pall of dust which hangs in the air, the streets boarded over while they wait to be repaired and the sight of National Guard troops patrolling the streets proving too much for some to bear.

One trader, who refused to give his name, said he was finding it difficult to return to work when he had still not heard from two friends who were in the World Trade Centre at the time of the attack.