On our way to the World Trade Centre (WTC – when typing WTC, I kept typing WTF) memorial, we passed by the famous Wall Street.
Lunch in a park
The Tribute WTC Visitor Centre is located in a small building next to the site where WTC use to be.
It is quite small but yet very interesting. Upon entering the memorial, we were greeted with a wall full of posters. The posters were posters made by people who were looking for those lost during 9/11. There were also numerous billboards containing quotes of those involved in the 9/11 attack. The one which caught my attention was the quote of Brian D. Sweeney, who died in the the ill fated United Airlines Flight 175 which crashed into one of the Twin Towers of WTC.
Imagine hearing this from a loved one š And then it gets deleted automatically. GAAHH
United Airlines Flight 175 departed from Boston before crashing into South Tower of WTC – 18 minutes after the first attack. The hijackers took 30 minutes to breach the cockpit of the flight and killed the pilots thereafter. Coincidentally, my flight from Boston to NYC flew from the same airport as Flight 175. It only took me an hour to get to NYC. I always wonder why didn’t the passengers of Flight 175 fought off the hijackers just like United Airlines Flight 93. I guess there were nothing much they could do because Flight 175 crashed into WTC about 20 minutes after the hijacking.
The most interesting bit of the memorial is the collage of pictures of those who died in WTC. A lady gathered the visitors including Tim and I and told us about WTC before the crash and after the crash. She also revealed that one of the victims was her son, who was a fireman who went to safe those in WTC. The impact of the collapse of WTC was so great until many bodies were shredded into pieces. The body of the lady’s son was never found except for his pendant. His picture is placed among the collage. It was a heart wrenching story. I guess this is one of the ways for the lady to heal herself from the pain of losing her son.
The site where WTC used to stand is now barricaded and being rebuild.
After visiting the Tribute Centre, Tim and I went to search for a place recommended by Lonely Planet for lunch. When we arrived, we found that the place no longer exists -_-
We ended up eating in a typical American diner – burgers and coffee.
DIY Coffee.
Next stop, Empire State Building!
how was the burger? hehe oh didn’t know they’re rebuilding the WTC
Darren: burger was soso only..butthen i tried 1 awesome burger there..will blog about it later!
i remember staying up watching CNN instead of revising for SPM after the 1st plane hit and saw the 2nd plane hit the other tower live and then the worst feeling in my belly when the towers crumbled š can’t imagine what it must have felt like for ppl were there and those who had family n friends working there.
kim: wah you were still in Form 5 that time? I was about to goto Uni..hehe. i first watched the news one TV at mamak..everyone was watching it too..few minutes later, a mat rempit changed the channel to football channel. Malaysia football somemore! niama!!