Tight security

Heavily armed New York Police Department (NYPD) Emergency Service Unit officers keep watch outside Federal Hall, the site where George Washington was inaugurated as first president of the United States, on July 19, 2011 in New York City. The site is blocks from Ground Zero and across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. Security has increased in the area following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

( Mario Tama, Getty Images )

Heavily armed New York Police Department (NYPD) Emergency Service Unit officers keep watch outside Federal Hall, the site where George Washington was inaugurated as first president of the United States, on July 19, 2011 in New York City. The site is blocks from Ground Zero and across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. Security has increased in the area following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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