It was my first time to see Ground Zero while visiting here in New York. Ground Zero is the place where the World Trade Center Twin Towers stood. I was hoping I’d see something that perhaps could move me or even shock me; I hoped Ground Zero would be that place in New York City, where I might possibly discover something deep within myself, maybe even something spiritual, or a message. Ground Zero is the scare that formed after the terrorist attacked the Twin Towers back in 2001, where almost 3000 people perished.
 
When I got there, nothing stirred in me, I was looking at 16 acres of space that doesn’t remind me of that terrible time in history. There was massive construction on the way to build the new Towers, which with all the walls put up around the construction site, made it almost impossible to see the deep hole in the ground. I don’t know if there will be a building next to the towers to memorialize that day, but I would hope so.
 
The next day, after having a restless nights sleep at one of the hotels in NY, I went back to Ground Zero, and still had had no stirrings of any kind. I took a walk to the nearby Trinity Church and to Wall Street. This area is where I found some small gravestones, they don’t concern 9/11 victims, but the gravestones are a sharp contrast to the skyscrapers surrounding them. Actually, I seemed to get the irony of these gravestones here on Wall Street…dying economy and all.
 
I caught the Metro to Staropolski’s meat market a Polish area, which is right next door to a Starbucks coffee shop. This place felt like time stopped; there was a store where half the shelves were empty and the music they sold even my folks don’t listen to anymore. But, this area still made me feel a little less homesick.

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