# Excerpts of Martin Carrano Jr. oral history interview conducted by Sonia Fore, July 28, 2010

Martin Carrano was working as an NYPD narcotics detective in Queens on September 11th, 2001. He recalls assisting citizens who were crossing the Brooklyn Bridge and his impressions of the destruction at the World Trade Center site. He was part of the first group that went to the Staten Island Landfill and worked there and at the WTC site identifying human remains. He was one of the individuals assigned to notify families when remains were discovered. He describes the illnesses he developed as a result of his work, his response to trauma, and the way his perspective on life has been informed by his experiences.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 15 min
- By: Fore, Sonia
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2015048_032_Vignette/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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