My new client is located right on Wall Street in New York
and each morning I walk along this street. Last time I used to work in this area was back in 1996. This is
not the same street anymore. You can
see dozens of police officers just standing by NY Stock Exchange! Some of them
are with explosive sniffing dogs. Heavy roadblocks prevent cars from getting
there. But since you can’t just close
all surrounding streets, in some places they put mini traffic lights and long and wide metal panels sticking
out of the ground (they work similar to
draw bridges). Regular cars just do not
go there, but each delivery truck is being checked by police officers with a
dog. All this does not seem to bother
thousands of tourists , which
keep coming here from all around the world.
Back in 96 you could not see a single police officer on the street. Yes, after 9/11 you feel safer with their presence, police officers
are polite and friendly, but let me
tell you, this stinks!
Yakov Fain
yakovfain.com 