Jersey Journalism Weeks III & IV

June 14, 2008 -- Revered reporter and host of Meet the Press Tim Russert passed away Friday, June 13th at the age of 58. Russert suffered a heart attack while working in NBC's Washington bureau. This image was taken while I was at work on Saturday Afternoon in Jersey City.


June 14, 2008 -- At center, Joey Dunn from Bayonne, 12, is frisked by a State Parks Police officer before boarding a ferry carrying about 50 friends and well-wishers of the Pesin family to watch the re-enactment of the 50th anniversary of Morris Pesin's canoe ride from Jersey City to Liberty Island at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.


June 14, 2008 -- From left Ethel Pesin, 93, the widow of Morris Pesin, reacts to seeing her children, Sam and Judy, make it to the shore of Liberty Island to commemorate their father's famous canoe ride from Jersey City to the island as Skylar Lam, 5, looks on, Saturday afternoon in Jersey City.


June 14, 2008 -- After the canoe trip, Sam Pesin gives a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of his father's publicity stunt, steps away from the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, Saturday afternoon in Jersey City.


June 13, 2008 -- At center Margarita Torres, an employee at the Senior Spirit of Jersey City, a medical day center for senior citizens and the medically challenged, dances during the center's Father's Day celebration Friday afternoon in Jersey City.


June 10, 2008 -- School children hide from the sun's rays during a heat wave after school on John F. Kennedy Blvd. Tuesday afternoon in Jersey City.


June 14, 2008 -- Lou Boella, the brother-in-law of Sam Pesin, shows off his Marine Corps tattoo after leaving Liberty Island in Jersey City, Saturday afternoon.



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