On the last day we taxied over to Ground Zero. It was kind of erie actually. To walk through the same streets where such chaos, destruction and death occurred, was very humbling.
This was one of the many tall building surrounding us.
We found a memorial museum of people who were there when the towers came down or lost loved ones. At first we thought it was a bit of a rip off charging $15 each to get in, but I'll have to admit it was truly moving. I found myself in tears!
Some of the twisted steel recovered from the towers.
A window recovered from one of the planes that hit the towers.
I really liked this display. The story behind it goes like this...
This the one of the tiny cranes her family donated that she folded. As she said above, she hopes it will enable 'you to understand other people's feelings as if they are your own."
The display of cranes that was sent over by the Japanese people.
This jacket was donated by the firefighter's family, who lost his life. Notice the massive rip down one side., and his helmet was party melted. They didn't find his jacket and hat until weeks after his body was found. It was obviously blown off him!
After that, we headed over to the famous Wall Street...yeah, not that exciting! Not sure what this building is but everyone else was taking a pic so I figured I'd do the same! Haha!
We decided to take the subway back to Time Square. It was kind of scary knowing that you couldn't see the light of day once you were down there. No light at the end of the tunnels here! It was a fun ride, seeing all the different people of NY, but I especially enjoyed the four random african-american singers that entertained us on there as we waited for our stop. Their harmony was awesome!
And that ends our New York trip. I can honestly say that it's the great company you have that makes a place so awesome! No matter where you go in the world, people are just trying to get through life and have fun while doing it!
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