“The Zero (Jess Walter).

You can't be sure whether Brian Remy blacks out every once in a while because he tried to shoot himself in the head or because he is an incurable alcoholic survivor of 9/11. In the end, does it really matter?
For this Manhattan cop, both scenarios grew out of that day, whose partner (also a survivor) babbles on endlessly about complete awe and the new world. Remy's partner refers to Ground Zero as 'the Zero.' The gap in the earth has become his own...”

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