Our Sept. 11th day
I ended up shopping over at Macy's while the guys watched the Bills game over at McFadden's. (Bill's Backers was too full!!!) After having dinner at Joe O's, we went to see the 9-11 memorial beams, but instead opted to see them from an emptier, quieter area with the best view around: Exchange Place, Jersey City. We were imagining the memorial scene to be an overwhelming stream of people, with the vendor stands trying to sell 9-11 "memorabilia" filling the little available spaces in the street.
We are actually at the WTC site often whenever we take the PATH to go downtown. It's only two stops (5 minutes) from Jersey City. When we pull in, we're right there in the base of it, surrounded by the old walls and pipes of the towers left behind. It's pretty incredible.
I took a few photos from today and tonight. The beams were angelic and mystical, but the beams weren't placed at the original site this time! I'll have to find out why. It seemed less symbolic. I can also imagine that many tourists were misconstrued on the whereabouts of the original site.
One more thing that was disappointing (to us)… A huge party boat came down the river with loud, pulsing dance music, dance lights, and people yelling and partying as they passed the memorial. It felt disgraceful. I wasn’t here when the tragedy happened, but it still felt offensive and disrespectful. You could hear the music a mile away, and it was driving by way too slowly. I feel like they should have had the decency to turn the music down while drifting by, if not off for just a few minutes. If anyone else saw or heard this, it was the “Queen of Hearts” party boat that leaves from the Christopher Street piers. (I looked it up.)
A “nice” note: at exactly 9:11pm, the red, white and blue lights from the Empire State Building went out, leaving it pitch black. You could still see the flashes from all the people taking photos from the top.
The ESB earlier this afternoon (More “FlySong.com” plane writing in the sky above it)
The ESB behind the "?" buildings
Later: The beams from our bedroom window overlooking the building next door
From Exchange Place, on the pier (the towers stood just to the right of the first tall buildings from the left)
From Exchange Place, on the pier outside the Hyatt
The beams shone into infinity…
We are actually at the WTC site often whenever we take the PATH to go downtown. It's only two stops (5 minutes) from Jersey City. When we pull in, we're right there in the base of it, surrounded by the old walls and pipes of the towers left behind. It's pretty incredible.
I took a few photos from today and tonight. The beams were angelic and mystical, but the beams weren't placed at the original site this time! I'll have to find out why. It seemed less symbolic. I can also imagine that many tourists were misconstrued on the whereabouts of the original site.
One more thing that was disappointing (to us)… A huge party boat came down the river with loud, pulsing dance music, dance lights, and people yelling and partying as they passed the memorial. It felt disgraceful. I wasn’t here when the tragedy happened, but it still felt offensive and disrespectful. You could hear the music a mile away, and it was driving by way too slowly. I feel like they should have had the decency to turn the music down while drifting by, if not off for just a few minutes. If anyone else saw or heard this, it was the “Queen of Hearts” party boat that leaves from the Christopher Street piers. (I looked it up.)
A “nice” note: at exactly 9:11pm, the red, white and blue lights from the Empire State Building went out, leaving it pitch black. You could still see the flashes from all the people taking photos from the top.
The ESB earlier this afternoon (More “FlySong.com” plane writing in the sky above it)
The ESB behind the "?" buildings
Later: The beams from our bedroom window overlooking the building next door
From Exchange Place, on the pier (the towers stood just to the right of the first tall buildings from the left)
From Exchange Place, on the pier outside the Hyatt
The beams shone into infinity…
posted by Robots and Cupcakes @ 11:52 PM
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