Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Ann Winicki of West Sand Lake, right, applauds after hearing Gov. Eliot Spitzer announce his resignation as Sharon Fournier of Menands looks on. The pair watched the televised news conference in the concourse level of the Empire State Plaza in Albany Wednesday.
