When visiting New York City back in December...
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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...we took a boat ride on the East River, under the Brooklyn Bridge,
to the southern tip of Manhattan...
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A beautiful (cold !) sunny day, the new Freedom Tower was in full view.
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The next, much cloudier, day, we went back to "Ground Zero" and visited the 9-11 Memorial, erected on the site of the original World Trade Center...
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There are two large, square "fountains" built on the spots where the original Towers I and II stood,
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The water falls from ground level down into the large square, marble-lines spaces.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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It's a popular tourist site with large crowds all the time. If you want to go into the memorial museum, you better make online reservations early.
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Plaques line the edges of the waterfall, all the way around both of the fountains. Engraved on them are the names of all the people who died there as a result of the attacks on September 11, 2001. The name you can see, second from the bottom of this panel, is "Robert J. DeAngelis, Jr.", a customer and friend of mine. Bob didn't make it out of Tower II that day, his office was on the 95th Floor.
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So, a current, blue-sky view, contrasting with a stormier view,
from Liberty Island, back in 2008,
before the new Freedom Tower was erected...
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And finally, da' Brooklyn Bridge !
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Y'all take care,
- Mark W Laughlin
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