“All local dialects spoken here” reads the flag-covered sign on the downtown tavern the Dakota Roadhouse. The list of the union locals that 9/11 recovery workers belonged to includes: Local 1101 Communications Workers; Local 1456 Dock Builders; Local 3 Electricians; Local 40 and Local 301 Ironworkers; Local 79 and Local 731, Laborers; Locals 14, 15, and 825 Operating Engineers; Locals 282, 292, and 754 Teamsters.

This photograph was taken January 29, 2002 by Martha Cooper and is part of “Missing,” a Labor Arts exhibit that documents a few of the spontaneous shrines that appeared after September 11, 2001.