2002 Ground Zero NYC

By nowellUncategorized
Everybody who was over the age of birth and alive in 2001 will remember where they were when the Twin Towers were brought down. I was in Greensboro North Carolina at a Holiday Inn. There were 44 of us and nobody could get home. I had a rental car which I kept and drove several of my friends home on my way to Chicago. It was a very strange drive. I spent a week in Chicago before being allowed to fly home.

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The TV lounge at the hotel.
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Everyone is transfixed.
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This is what we are watching... the first tower is struck.
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Nobody can believe what we are seeing. A customer was irritated because we were all watching the unfolding event instead of standing by our display tables.
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Fast forward six months and we are back on the road doing shows. I take a trip to NYC Ground Zero and find this memorial at Grand Central Station.
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This is a long shot of the line waiting to be allowed up the ramp to the lookout point.
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People write on the retaining wall while walking up the ramp.
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You walk by the memorials outside the church before getting to the viewing point.
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The flood lights illuminating the empty skyline.
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The crowd overlooking the pit.
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Every building around the plaza was impacted by the collapse.
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The pit. Just to the right of the viewing window is the ramp where I sprained my ankle and was removed from the ramp leading into the pit.
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The church. These graves were already there.
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Army vehicles outside the command post.
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Too apt a sign.
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