We decided to head downtown on day 4. Since downtown was so far from where we were staying, walking was out of the question. So we did the next best thing…took the subway! Thank goodness for Michael, his ability to read maps and his amazing sense of direction. Just before we left Soho and headed downtown, it started to snow. Little did we know what was coming.
It was also our first time to visit Ground Zero. I didn’t anticipate being overcome with emotions. At this point, Ground Zero looks like any other construction site, and I see these all the time, especially in Michael’s line of work. We are rebuilding, and that’s what we should be doing, but to sit across the street looking over and imagining what that day must have been like awoke something inside of me…a reminder that life is fragile and none of us are guaranteed extra time in this world. I especially thought of my father, a retired firefighter, who is (and will always be) my hero.
Highlights from day 4 included:
- The NYC subway
- Soho – Lombardi’s pizza
- Battery Park – Statue of Liberty, Korean War Memorial and The World Trade Center Memorial
- American Stock Exchange
- Ground Zero
- World Trade Center Museum
- New York Stock Exchange
- Wall Street
- City Hall
- Shawna visited!
Battery Park (the Statue of Liberty is just over Tamra’s right shoulder)
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