Occupy Wall Street Movement
Protests arise amid joblessness concerns, depleted retirement savings and a down economy
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Tammy Bick, 49, Hamden, Conn.
She was let go from a medical secretary position at an HIV clinic on Thanksgiving 2010.
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With One Mind
Thousands of people march through the Lower Manhattan financial district in support of Occupy Wall Street, the economic justice movement.
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Robert Broadhurst, 54, Boston
A union member and electrical worker, he was arrested on Oct. 1 on the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Thomas Hagan, 60, New York
The Vietnam veteran currently works as a furniture salesman.
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Grandmothers March
Members of the Granny Peace Brigade embrace the cause in Lower Manhattan.
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Capturing History
A participant stops to take a picture at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration on Oct. 5.
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Danny Marks, 52, native New Yorker
Homeless and illiterate, he camps out at Zuccotti Park during the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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Toni Lacer, 55, St. John, Virgin Islands
Semi-retired, the real estate appraiser and broker picked up a sign and joined the movement.
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John Andrew Zamzal, 61, New Fairfield, Conn.
Retired from psychiatric nursing, he now works as a substitute teacher in the public school system.
