31.   But on Tuesday that site seemed perilously close, and most joined the mass of dazed refugees streaming north away from the trade center.

32.   But some firms that operated at the trade center are missing scores of people.

33.   But somehow, the trade centers are more noticeable by their absence, more palpable for having been erased.

34.   But the features that supporters of the trade center, like Congressman Charles B. Rangel, have longed dreamed of bringing to Harlem will still be there.

35.   But what about the families of the civilians who died at the trade center?

36.   By the time of the Renaissance, the city was a major trade center brimming with local vintners, Italian bankers and silk traders and German printers.

37.   Chief among them is the fact that there was no final insurance policy in place when the trade center was attacked.

38.   David Humphreville, an executive director of the Specialist Association, lives near the financial district and walked to work every day through the trade center.

39.   Co-workers said he was last seen helping people escape from the trade center.

40.   Dozens of securities firms have lost trading facilities at the trade center or in nearby buildings.