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Scott’s father was never found. And though his mother was given an urn full of dust and ash from Ground Zero, he has no concrete reminder of his father. He said he is hoping to get permission to carry a handful of dust or debris from Ground Zero back with him to Florida...
Though each obituary read yesterday brought a tear to the eyes of those gathered at Ground Zero, one of the more incredible moments was when it was announced that a Colombian family had asked to have the obituary of their loved one, Sonya Artiz, read aloud. As it was read, a cell phone was held up so that the obituary could be broadcast on a local radio station and heard by the family...
...east corner of the Ground Zero pit stands the sole remainder of what once was New York’s World Trade Center—two steel beams connected to form a cross. The rest of the remnants—the steel, the glass, the bodies of those who toiled each day inside the buildings—are gone...
...sign stretched across the scaffolding on the viewing platform at the south end of Ground Zero proclaims, “We will never forget...
...patriotism what we think about when we see pictures of victims jumping out of the burning skyscrapers? Does the video of the collapsing towers make us think of patriotism? What about the rubble at Ground Zero, or the smoky wall of the Pentagon? These are horrible images, and the only thing they make me think of is how vulnerable and frail we all are. We can commemorate patriotic martyrs on D-Day, Pearl Harbor Day, Memorial Day, Veterans’ Day, and countless other times during the year, but the anniversary of Sept. 11 should be set aside...