On my way into work this morning I noticed that the Freedom Tower downtown is rising up in the city skyline. It took me by surprise so I had to take some pictures.
You may click to enlarge. I used a higher resolution in these shots.
It is a beautiful day today, sparkling and clear. Just as it was on September 11, 2001.
Almost ten years ago I stood in this very spot and watched as the towers of our World Trade Center burned and fell.
I just heard that it is about 60% completed but it doesn’t look very much taller than the Woolworth Building so far.
Here you can see the cranes lifting the steel into place.
I watched the World Trade Center being built when I was a kid. I had been to the observation deck at the top many times. And for a short time I worked on the 97th floor of the South Tower.
I watched as they were destroyed and fell in 2001. I was running late for work that day. I came out of my building and saw what was happening. It was two minutes after the second plane hit.
A friend of mine was killed in the attacks. He was 26 years old and didn’t even work in the World Trade Center. He was only there for a breakfast meeting that morning.
Now I’m watching the rebuilding of the site ten years later. Though it is exciting to see them putting up the new tower, it is also very sad. My heart has never left the people who were in the airplanes, those who were inside the WTC and the Pentagon, and all of the first responders who gave their lives.
(cross posted from urbaninfidel.blogspot.com)
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