No, this is not the 9-11 Memorial, but it needs to be considered a part. This is the new World Trade Center transit hub, the original having been destroyed in 9-11. The narrow slit of windows is aligned to follow the sun every September 11, and the hub is reported to be the most expensive train/subway station ever build. It was the start of a very memorable and emotional visit to the memorial itself. If you visit New York, you must visit the memorial and this remarkable station. Start your trip early like Mark and Sandra insisted, as the crowds will grow exponentially during then days. No need for Kleenix, as the memorial provides them.
One of two fountains at ground zero. The fountains outline the base of the original two towers. Vera and I recognized nothing from the last time we were here. Then it was a hole in the ground, damaged surrounding buildings, and construction everywhere. Now we find new buildings surrounding a beautiful memorial to a terrible event.
Enter the memorial itself and you descend below ground, paralleling the actual steps survivors used to escaped the inferno. Pictures cannot capture it; you descend to the very foundations of the Twin Towers and are directly below and underneath the fountains above.
These are the footings of one of the towers; concrete embedded in bedrock and supporting a steel infrastructure once extending 107 stories above.
Along the way, you view remnants bent into bizarre shapes. Directly under the fountains are displays and artifacts from this terrible day.
And then you come back to the real world to see One World Trade! If you visit New York, don't miss it!
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