Ground Zero - New York City

Wow! What can I say about Ground Zero that hasn't already been said before? Ground Zero was quite a humbling experience for me. We went there on a bright sunny day, just as it was on that fateful day in 2001. We walked there, and Ground Zero seemed to just creep up on us out of nowhere!

When I saw the empty site, I couldn't believe that the World Trade Center used to stand there. It looked so small. There were no words as I was reading the tributes and memorials, and I shivered at my own memory of what I recalled on that day. We were there in 2004, so nothing was happening as far as construction. It just looked like a run-of-the-mill construction site.

Some of you might remember the rumors of a church across from Ground Zero being the only structure that stood amongst rubble. We found that church, and the sights inside of it were overwhelming. I remember there being a huge banner that took up a whole wall that said, "We Will Never Forget." There were tons of colored pictures from first graders who drew their depictions of what had happened, there were many memorials from friends and families, and I think that whatever the church received in regards to the 9/11 tribute, they found a place for.

Ground Zero means a lot of things to a lot of different people, and you can't help but feeling very emotional when visiting the site.