One defendant, Felix Velazquez, a manager at Bellevue Hospital Center's morgue, is accused of selling coffins that had been donated for victims.

In one picture two young girls stand eating popsicles in the doorway of a store that sells both bananas and child-size coffins.

The night duty commando had been selling coffins to the cadets for whiskey.

They also operate Trappist Caskets, a company that sells simple, elegant and relatively inexpensive coffins built by the monks of different woods from the Abbey's own forest.

This building also housed the U.S. Post Office and sold coffins on its second story.

But it does include the official at a city morgue, recently charged with running a side business of selling coffins that had been donated after the trade center collapse.

Besides pet cemeteries, Mr. Glassman sells coffins and urns directly to the public.

Even though the Oklahoma law prevents Ms. Powers from selling coffins in the state and has cost the company time and money, she said the publicity had been helpful.

Last year, a manager at the city morgue pleaded guilty to selling coffins that had been donated for victims of the attacks.

People are so terrified of the possibility that some casket makers sell coffins equipped with emergency transmitters to call for help.