911 Memorial

April 8, 2018 | Posted by Peter Jakobsen | CRIME, HISTORY, TRAVEL, USA History | 0 Comments |

April 2018

At Ground Zero, after much hand-wringing and kvetching, the powers that be have achieved a pretty decent edifice to commemorate the infamous acts of 11 September 2001.  Conspiracy theorists aside, for most attendees there is balance in the museum exhibits and an overly pious attitude has thankfully been stowed.

The most powerful aspects are the remembrance wall, containing the names of those who perished, in clear graven font, and two enormous infinity pools, cut deep into the sites of the twin towers, oddly recalling the gashed landscape of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC.

While the Pentagon and Pennsylvania are also remembered, the World will forever hold that image of the Trade Centre and its stunning brace of collapsed skyscrapers. It didn’t change the World, but something changed, and not for the better.

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