9/11 Memorial

My first seven months living in NY my apartment was overlooking the World Trade Center memorial. For the most part it was much like having a view of a construction zone, however it was interesting and special to see the memorial come up.

Last weekend Noodle's friend scored tickets for a group of us to visit the memorial. It's quite a line to get in, but once inside the number of people is very well controlled.

It is incredible. There are two huge waterfalls which mark the footprints of the towers. Around the edge are the names of the people who were killed. The memorial has machines where people can search for a their loved one based on name, company or hometown. You can then print a receipt with the location of their name.

In the centre of the sight is a lone tree which is remaining from before 9/11.

The memorial is extremly moving and somewhat difficult to process. All of the people who went to work and never came home. I was impressed by how well the memorial was done. It's nice to think that people from all over teh world can come and show their respects to the people who died.