Complex sentence: After the World Trade Center destruction on September 11,2001, the debris-and dust-choked streets are deserted; when Hattendorf looks for Mirikitani, he is still in his usual spot near Washington Park.
Split into simpler sentences: After the World Trade Center destruction on September 11,2001, the debris-and dust-choked streets are deserted. When Hattendorf looks for Mirikitani, he is still in his usual spot near Washington Park.