The
cheering had stopped as the immense reality of the event sobered
all who viewed it. An emptiness followed and the guilt of
our cheers weighed upon us.
Hudson's
The
choking clouds dissipated and a ghastly scene was revealed.
An inch of dust covered everything for blocks around and there,
in the midst of it all, lay the smoldering and shattered heart
of 20th Century downtown Detroit.
