[The Wizard]

the view from Broadway, looking west along a cross street that ends in a crumpled building is especially compelling, and the view from the street is very different....

[stanz]

My law firm is returning us there to 1 Liberty Plaza next Monday. Try having your Christmas party at 1 Liberty from 6:00 to 11:00.

[GOP_1900AD]

Was there on 11/12. The wife and I. We had been planning a vacation to NYC prior to 9/11. It was twice delayed but we finally made it happen. Glad we did. I agree with all you have written. The views from other streets around the north end of the devestated area are also something to bring pause. The term "Ground Zero" hits home with me know more than it ever did prior to the live visit. We must NEVER forget!!

[Norb2569]

I have never had the desire to go to NYC since I am a southerner, but since 9/11 I want to go SOOOO BAD.

Was there a distict odor?

I was witness to a house fire that killed my classmate when I was in the 5th grade and I saw and smelled the charred remains. I smelled that same odor in the service many years later and it brought it all back in my mind. I started vomiting like I did 15 years before at the house fire.

[Aria]

How close can you get? I've been wanting to go since I think its something every American should see in person if they can. I've got to come a long way - Seattle.

[Neets]

Thanks for the input Wizard..a humbling experience indeed.

[Mental Floss]

A few years back, I visited the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in D.C. and was deeply touched.

I live in Seattle but will be visiting NYC this weekend and plan to go to Ground Zero on Saturday. I expect this will envoke very similar emotions.

[Benrand]

A good friend was scheduled to leave for a job in Indy at the end of September...he lived at 81st and York. He told me the smell was the smell of people burning. Needless to say, it shook him up. His wife worked downtown, but she got out OK.

[All-American Medic]

Thanks for coming down to the site, Its a lot better now than it has been. God Bless You and God Bless America.

[stlnative]

For those who are not able to visit Ground Zero,
here is 3 links with 100's of photos taken by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Some of them are the best close-up pictures you will ever see.

Ground Zero 1 (8 Pages of Thumbnails)
Ground Zero 2 (10 Pages of Thumbnails)
Pentagon (3 Pages of Thumbnails)

WE WILL NEVER FORGET 9-11-01

[lds23]

Went to pay my respects in late September. It was eerie walking down the middle of Broadway with no traffic. You could only get about 3 blocks away, and shrines, candles, and flowers were everywhere.

About a month later, the smoke and the smell were still there, but traffic had opened, and about 1 block away, guys were selling watches, WTC postcards, FDNY hats, etc. The traffic was back. It was good to see the traffic and the street hustlers, because in its own strange way, NY was healing over.

[xp38]

Has anyone viewed the site from the tourist boats like Circle line or others on the water? Are they kept too far away to see anything? My last live view of the towers was in the summer of 99 on a dinner cruise around Manhatten.

[Sandy]

I've talked to several people who have been there. All have said virtually the same thing as you. I lost a family member that day, so I seriously doubt that I'll ever have the desire or nerve to go there.