One man's journeys to Ground Zero - Sept 10, 2011

Ground Zero is the name given to the 16 acres’ of ground where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood. A place where America was attacked and American citizens were murdered by a group of Islamic Terrorists on September 11, 2001. In May of 2006, I made my first journey to Ground Zero.

As I climbed the stairs from the subway at Church Street, I was greeted with the sight and sounds of Ground Zero.  Beep, beep, beep assaulted your ears as all the constructions vehicle moving around on the streets and in the pit of the former twin towers.  Members of the NYPD swat teams stood guard, with M16 across their chests and police dogs at their sides.  

As I made my way along the path I was able to see into the pit.  A huge hole in the ground, all that was left after the wreckage of the twin towers had been cleared away.  Parts of the foundation of the south tower were still standing attached to the bedrock from which the south tower had once risen.