When we finally got into the Memorial site, the place didn't feel as sad and tragic as I had feared it would be. The whole 911 thing is always there, in the air, in the emptiness of the space, but it's been nearly 11 years and the 911 Memorial beautifully remembers those who died in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and the attack on it again in 2001.
Two gaping holes in the ground where the twin towers used to stand before they collapsed in the attacks are now the memorial to those who died. The first one, nearer to the entrance, is for the brave fire fighters and policemen. The new buildings are built at the periphery of the site.
The other pool is a memorial to the civilians who died in the first attack and second attack: those who died in and around the buildings, those who fell or jumped, those who died from falling debris and bodies and those in the hijacked plane.
I don't think anyone can look into the hole in the ground, see the falling beads of water, and not feel the tragedy. Anyone except a certain ex PM of Malaysia who said 911 could be a hoax. I am a Christian but I don't think that the attacks on the Palestinians are hoaxes. It is not religions but the basic humanity inside us that makes us human or inhuman.
Two gaping holes in the ground where the twin towers used to stand before they collapsed in the attacks are now the memorial to those who died. The first one, nearer to the entrance, is for the brave fire fighters and policemen. The new buildings are built at the periphery of the site.
The other pool is a memorial to the civilians who died in the first attack and second attack: those who died in and around the buildings, those who fell or jumped, those who died from falling debris and bodies and those in the hijacked plane.
I don't think anyone can look into the hole in the ground, see the falling beads of water, and not feel the tragedy. Anyone except a certain ex PM of Malaysia who said 911 could be a hoax. I am a Christian but I don't think that the attacks on the Palestinians are hoaxes. It is not religions but the basic humanity inside us that makes us human or inhuman.
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