  Very recently, a ``Comment'' by Wang [gr-qc/0309003] on a paper by
Gon\c{c}alves [Phys. Rev. D {\bf 65}, 084045 (2002)] appeared, claiming that
Gon\c{c}alves' analysis of trapped surfaces in certain kinds of cylindrical
spacetimes was incomplete. Specifically, Wang claims to have found a coordinate
extension of the spacetime used by Gon\c{c}alves (the Einstein-Rosen spacetime)
which contains trapped surfaces; in addition, Wang also claims that some such
trapped surfaces are apparent horizons. Here, I comment on Wang's ``Comment'',
and argue that, while Wang's spacetime extension appears to exist and contain
trapped surfaces, it does not render Gon\c{c}alves' results incomplete in the
sense Wang claims. I also show that, contrary to Wang's claim, his spacetime
extension does {\em not} contain apparent horizons, i.e., it does not contain
outer marginally trapped surfaces which are the outer boundary of a trapped
region. Further peripheral comments by Wang are also commented on.
