05/08/2020
How we are continuing our mission through sharing stories of hope and courage during the pandemic. https://911memorial.io/2YzBOKY cc: CNN
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The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, a nonprofit organization located at the World Trade Center in New York City, bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. The organization honors the 2,983 victims of these attacks, those who risked their lives to save others and all who demonstrated extraordinary compassion in the aftermath through commemoration, exhibitions and educational programs that tell the story of the attacks and explore the continuing global impact of 9/11 and the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and communities.
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The 9/11 Memorial remembers and honors the 2,983 people who were killed in the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. The design, created by Michael Arad and Peter Walker, consists of two reflecting pools formed in the footprints of the original Twin Towers and a plaza of trees. The 9/11 Memorial Museum displays monumental artifacts linked to the events of 9/11, while presenting intimate stories of loss, compassion, reckoning, and recovery that are central to telling the story of the 2001 and 1993 attacks and the aftermath.
Mission: Please read the missions of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum: http://www.911memorial.org/mission-statements-0
05/07/2020
We are committed to providing relevant and engaging learning opportunities for students, teachers and families. Our online educational resources range from activities at home to the Anniversary in the Schools webinar. Head to www.911memorial.org/learn to learn more about our activities and sign up for the webinar.
05/06/2020
After 9/11, K-9 teams searched the wreckage of the crash sites for survivors and victims, and they comforted responders and the families of victims. These four-legged heroes were a bright spot during 9/11’s dark aftermath. https://911memorial.io/2W9Sbw8
05/05/2020
“Lend a Hand, Do What You Can”: Remembering the Generosity of Gander. https://911memorial.io/2KYT6sV
05/04/2020
Juliana Valentine McCourt lived in Connecticut with her parents. Juliana’s family said that the four year old had a great sense of humor and was nurturing, like her mother. On 9/11, Juliana and her mom, Ruth, boarded Flight 175 for a trip to Disneyland. There, they were to meet up with Juliana’s godmother, Paige Farley-Hackel, who was on Flight 11. Today in honor of Juliana’s 23rd birthday a white rose was placed at her name on the 9/11 Memorial.
05/03/2020
We will never forget.
05/02/2020
Brooklyn resident Cheryl Stewart placed this sign in her yard to count the days that Osama bin Laden remained at large after 9/11. By the morning of May 2, 2011, a passerby had taped a note to the sign to share the news. Late on the night of May 1, 2011, in a televised address, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Stewart finally received the answer to the long-standing question posed on her sign. https://911memorial.io/3bUTcxt
05/01/2020
Today on the anniversary of Operation Neptune Spear, the U.S. special forces operation that killed Osama bin Laden, we are talking with Robert Cardillo, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), for an online public program “Nine Years Later: Finding Osama Bin Laden.” Watch live with us at 2pm (ET): www.911memorial.org/watch
04/30/2020
You can explore the 9/11 Memorial Museum from your home with our interactive tour. Head to our website to get a look inside the Museum and its exhibitions. www.911memorial.org/explore
04/29/2020
“Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning” is comprised of 2,983 individual watercolor squares—each representing a victim of the 2001 and 1993 attacks. Many remember the beauty of the clear blue sky on the morning of 9/11. But, our perception of the color might not be the same as that of another person. Just like our perception of color, our memories share a common point of reference. https://911memorial.io/3eYIXKv
04/28/2020
Claudia Foster grew up in Brooklyn and lived on Staten Island with her husband. They were talking about buying a home and starting a family. On 9/11, Claudia was on the 105th floor of the North Tower at Cantor Fitzgerald, where she worked as an assistant broker. Today in honor of 45th birthday a white rose was placed at her name on the 9/11 Memorial.
04/27/2020
While the 9/11 Memorial & Museum is temporarily closed, we are pleased to launch a new, online public programs series that advances our mission to commemorate, educate and inspire. Each program will deepen our collective understanding of 9/11's continuing impact on the world today. Join us on Fri., May 1, at 2pm (ET) for “Nine Years Later: Finding Osama Bin Laden,” a conversation with Robert Cardillo, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). https://911memorial.io/3594U4Y
04/26/2020
A Look Back at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum 5K Run/Walk and Community Day
Today would have been the eighth annual 9/11 Memorial & Museum 5K Run/Walk and Community Day. While we are disappointed that we could not be together in downtown Manhattan this year, we look forward to seeing you in April 2021. Learn more about how you can get involved and support our mission at www.911memorial.org/5K.
04/24/2020
The 9/11 Memorial Museum’s permanent collection is an unparalleled repository consisting of material evidence, first-person testimony, and historical records of response to Feb. 26, 1993 and Sept. 11, 2001 and the ongoing repercussions of these terrorist events. To date, the Museum has acquired more than 70,000 artifacts that document the fate of victims, survivors, and responders. Explore some of our collection through our online catalog “Inside the Collection.”
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04/23/2020
The Stories They Tell, Survivor Shoes
On 9/11, Florence Jones escaped from her office on the 77th floor of the South Tower. Unfortunately, many of her coworkers did not. Years later, she donated the black pair of shoes she wore on her harrowing decent to safety. Hear more stories like Florence’s and explore the 9/11 Memorial Museum from your home: www.911memorial.org/explore
04/22/2020
The Survivor Tree stands on the 9/11 Memorial as a living reminder of resilience, survival and rebirth. On this Earth Day, we share the Survivor Tree’s story as a sign of hope, a reminder that commemoration continues, and a gesture of solidarity with our fellow New Yorkers, especially first responders and members of our community faced directly with the challenges of COVID-19. Learn more about this remarkable tree and our sustainable plaza: https://911memorial.io/3bz9vQk
04/21/2020
Brooklyn native Cira Patti lived on Staten Island. At the Sunday dinners and holiday parties she hosted for extended family, Cira cooked her signature pasta sauce and debated the merits of New York’s football and baseball teams. She worked as a trading assistant at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. On 9/11, Cira was at her office on the South Tower’s 89th floor. Today a white rose was placed at her name on the 9/11 Memorial in honor of her 59th birthday.
04/20/2020
Inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum
From artifacts to exhibitions, you can learn and explore the 9/11 Memorial & Museum from home. During this temporary closure, we invite you to join us for stories of inspiration and hope in this unprecedented time as we remain committed to honoring our mission. Take a virtual tour or learn more about our mission: www.911memorial.org/explore
04/18/2020
In the weeks following Sept. 11, 2001, crowds gathered on Manhattan’s West Side Highway to cheer, applaud, and wave homemade signs to the thousands of rescue and recovery workers traveling to the site. As New Yorkers stand nightly at their front doors, stoops, windows, balconies, and roofs, to applaud the healthcare workers, grocery store staff, restaurant employees, delivery people, and sanitation workers who make the sacrifice to keep us safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we see each home become a miniature Point Thank You. https://911memorial.io/2yiyrgd
04/17/2020
Born in Michigan and raised in Massachusetts, Eric Thorpe lived in New York City with his wife and daughter. His volunteer efforts ranged from helping to start a soup kitchen to serving as a Big Brothers youth mentor. On 9/11, Eric was high in the South Tower at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, where he was a vice president of equity sales. Today in honor of his 56th birthday, a white rose was placed at his name on the 9/11 Memorial.
04/15/2020
A symbol of our city and our nation’s determination and resilience, now and then. https://911memorial.io/3ekn8EO
04/13/2020
Our doors may be temporarily closed, but our commitment and our staff’s dedication to our mission remain the same. From how we clean the Memorial to conserving artifacts to education, get a behind-the-scenes look at the work we do at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in the “Mission to Remember” series. https://911memorial.io/2XyCK1l
04/11/2020
The Stories They Tell, A Firefighter’s Sister
In the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s “The Stories They Tell” video series, you can learn more about the Museum’s artifacts directly from the family members, survivors, first responders, and recovery workers connected to those objects. In each video, these individuals discuss the personal 9/11 history they are helping to preserve through the material they have shared. Here, Carolyn Brown, sister of FDNY Capt. Patrick Brown of Ladder 3, shares the recording of her brother’s final dispatch call from the 35th floor of the North Tower. https://911memorial.io/2RmOPms
04/09/2020
You can explore the 9/11 Memorial Museum through our interactive video experience by selecting different paths through the Museum’s vast spaces and exhibitions. www.911memorial.org/explore
04/07/2020
Born in New Jersey, Scott Johnson lived in New York City. He loved to travel and had explored the pyramids in Egypt, sampled music venues in Cuba, and toured Southeast Asia. He planned to visit South America in summer 2002. Scott worked as a securities analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. On 9/11, he was at his office on the South Tower’s 89th floor. Today in honor of his 45th birthday a white rose was placed at his name on the 9/11 Memorial.
04/05/2020
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” -Virgil www.911memorial.org/explore
04/03/2020
Ladder 3 bravely responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11. The truck was severely damaged from the collapse of the Twin Towers, and the Company lost all 11 members on board. In July 2011, the fire truck was ceremoniously placed inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum. One of the largest artifacts in the Museum, it was lowered into the space through a temporary hole to its final home.
04/01/2020
Commemoration Continues During Temporary Closure
Each day, we recognize the birthdays of the men, women, and children whose names are inscribed on the 9/11 Memorial by placing a single white rose at each person’s name on his or her birthday. This simple and powerful gesture began in 2013 after a volunteer suggested this tribute to remember the loss of human life on Sept. 11, 2001 and Feb. 26, 1993 and continues without pause during this temporary closure. https://911memorial.io/3axwyKV
03/30/2020
Native New Yorker Anne Martino-Cramer lived on Staten Island with her mother. A fan of the comic strip Peanuts, Anne collected Snoopy memorabilia and decorated her office with some of her collection. Anne was a tax specialist at Fiduciary Trust. On 9/11, she was at her office on the 90th floor of the South Tower. Today in honor of Anne’s 66th birthday, a white rose was placed at her name on the 9/11 Memorial.
03/29/2020
In darkness, we shine brightest. https://911memorial.io/3autzmB
03/27/2020
Mission to Remember: Conserving Objects
From handwritten notes on scraps of paper to massive beams of World Trade Center steel, each item in the Museum's collection has a unique story to contribute to the narrative of 9/11. Our conservators face the challenge of preserving significantly damaged objects whose meaning is often found in the damage itself. www.911memorial.org/explore
03/25/2020
During this temporary closure, we offer you the opportunity to share in our commitment to commemorate the victims of the 1993 and 9/11 attacks, honor the courage of the first responders, and educate people from around the world. From our online collection, lesson plans, firsthand stories, and more, we invite you to explore our online resources and stories of inspiration and hope during this unprecedented time as we remain committed to honoring our mission. www.911memorial.org/explore
03/24/2020
It is our mission and commitment to honor the lives of the 2,983 killed in the horrific attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and Feb. 26, 1993. While our site may be temporarily closed, we continue to honor victim’s birthdays by placing white roses at their names on the 9/11 Memorial.
Massachusetts native Mildred Naiman raised three sons with her late husband. She lived in a retirement community in an apartment she called her bachelorette pad. Mildred’s schedule included daily swims and frequent shopping and dinner dates with friends. On 9/11, Mildred boarded Flight 11 to California to visit her sons and their families. Today in honor of her 100th birthday, a white rose was placed at her name on the 9/11 Memorial.
03/23/2020
Beneath the wreckage of the Twin Towers, a 36-foot-tall piece of steel remained standing, anchored into bedrock. Rescue and recovery workers, friends, and family of victims covered the column in mementos and tributes. The Last Column stands tall in Foundation Hall, bearing its markings and stories. https://911memorial.io/38FPZPS
03/21/2020
The 9/11 Memorial may be temporarily closed, but the Survivor Tree remains a symbol of growth and resilience. Spring only just sprung, and the Survivor Tree is already starting to bud. Out of the more than 400 trees on the 9/11 Memorial, the leaves of the Survivor Tree are the first to bloom and last to turn colors in the fall. https://911memorial.io/2UmbvE8
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A Look Back at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum 5K Run/Walk and Community Day
Today would have been the eighth annual 9/11 Memorial & Museum 5K Run/Walk and Community Day. While we are disappointed that we could not be together in downtown Manhattan this year, we look forward to seeing you in April 2021. Learn more about how you can get involved and support our mission at www.911memorial.org/5K.
The Stories They Tell, Survivor Shoes
On 9/11, Florence Jones escaped from her office on the 77th floor of the South Tower. Unfortunately, many of her coworkers did not. Years later, she donated the black pair of shoes she wore on her harrowing decent to safety. Hear more stories like Florence’s and explore the 9/11 Memorial Museum from your home: www.911memorial.org/explore
Inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum
From artifacts to exhibitions, you can learn and explore the 9/11 Memorial & Museum from home. During this temporary closure, we invite you to join us for stories of inspiration and hope in this unprecedented time as we remain committed to honoring our mission. Take a virtual tour or learn more about our mission: www.911memorial.org/explore
The Stories They Tell, A Firefighter’s Sister
In the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s “The Stories They Tell” video series, you can learn more about the Museum’s artifacts directly from the family members, survivors, first responders, and recovery workers connected to those objects. In each video, these individuals discuss the personal 9/11 history they are helping to preserve through the material they have shared. Here, Carolyn Brown, sister of FDNY Capt. Patrick Brown of Ladder 3, shares the recording of her brother’s final dispatch call from the 35th floor of the North Tower. https://911memorial.io/2RmOPms
Commemoration Continues During Temporary Closure
Each day, we recognize the birthdays of the men, women, and children whose names are inscribed on the 9/11 Memorial by placing a single white rose at each person’s name on his or her birthday. This simple and powerful gesture began in 2013 after a volunteer suggested this tribute to remember the loss of human life on Sept. 11, 2001 and Feb. 26, 1993 and continues without pause during this temporary closure. https://911memorial.io/3axwyKV
Mission to Remember: Conserving Objects
From handwritten notes on scraps of paper to massive beams of World Trade Center steel, each item in the Museum's collection has a unique story to contribute to the narrative of 9/11. Our conservators face the challenge of preserving significantly damaged objects whose meaning is often found in the damage itself. www.911memorial.org/explore
A Look Inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum
While the 9/11 Memorial & Museum is temporarily closed, you can still explore the Museum’s dynamic blend of architecture, archaeology and history through our website. We offer a variety of resources to help you learn more about the attacks of 1993 and 2001, the aftermath and the people who experienced them. www.911memorial.org
Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden
Told by those who were involved in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, this special exhibition sheds light on the intelligence and military activities that led to the raid on bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan nearly 10 years after 9/11. https://911memorial.io/36NeiMb
Today on the anniversary of the first attack on the World Trade Center, we gather with 1993 survivors, families, and first responders on the 9/11 Memorial to honor the six innocent lives taken on this day 27 years ago. Their memories live on through their families and friends and the millions of visitors who come to the site to pay their respects each year. We will never forget Monica Rodriguez Smith and her unborn child, Wilfredo Mercado, William Macko, Stephen Knapp, Robert Kirkpatrick, and John DiGiovanni.https://911memorial.io/2w8lg04
Caring for the 9/11 Memorial Pools
Each weeknight, 9/11 Memorial staff climb inside the Memorial Pools to give them a top-to-bottom cleaning. Watch as we take a behind-the-scenes look at all the special care that goes into keeping the Memorial a place for reflection. https://911memorial.io/345jpo7
The North Pool
A place of remembrance and contemplation within the bustle of downtown Manhattan. www.911memorial.org
Conserving Artifacts at the 9/11 Memorial Museum
Our conservators have a unique responsibility. They preserve objects that have been significantly damaged and whose meaning is often found in the damage itself. Learn more as a conservator discusses the special challenge of working with diverse materials—fine art, textiles, handwritten notes, monumental emergency vehicles, World Trade Center steel—that together tell the story of 9/11. https://911memorial.io/2RL4CMY
Salute to Service
Military veterans reflect on how 9/11 affected their decisions to serve our country. Through Nov. 14, 2019, we’re honoring our military with our annual Salute to Service. https://911memorial.io/2qlgFVM
Flowers and Tributes on the 9/11 Memorial
Flowers and tributes left along the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial on the 18th Anniversary of 9/11.
Live from 18th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony
We gather together on the 9/11 Memorial on the 18th anniversary of 9/11 for the annual commemoration ceremony. www.911memorial.org/anniversary
Tribute in Light
Tonight, we’ll be testing Tribute in Light in preparation of the 18th anniversary of 9/11. Tomorrow, the 9/11 Memorial will open to the public at 3:00 p.m. and will stay open until midnight for a special viewing of Tribute in Light. www.911memorial.org/anniversary
Anniversary in the Schools Webinar
Talking to children about 9/11 can be difficult. For some students, 9/11 is only a subject they read about in their history books. Join us on Sept. 11, 2019 and connect with 9/11 Memorial Museum staff and guest speakers to hear first-person stories about the attacks and recognize the importance of commemoration during the Anniversary in the Schools webinar. https://911memorial.io/2qNu87t
Anniversary in the Schools Webinar: Kathy Dillaber
Kathy Dillaber worked at the Pentagon with her sister, Patricia “Patty” Mickley. On the morning of 9/11, Kathy and Patty were in the center court of the Pentagon catching up, unaware of the events that would soon unfold. During this year’s Anniversary in the Schools webinar, Kathy shares her story. Join students and teachers from around the world to commemorate the 18th anniversary of 9/11: https://911memorial.io/2qNu87t
The Largest Man-Made Waterfalls
Did you know that the 9/11 Memorial holds the largest man-made waterfalls in North America? They are approximately 30 feet in height, and 52,000 gallons of water run over the sides of both Memorial pools per minute.
4th Annual Anniversary in the Schools Webinar
Col. Mark Lewis was at work at the Pentagon when Flight 77 crashed into the western face of the building. During this year’s Anniversary in the Schools webinar, he shares his story of survival. Join students and teachers from around the world to commemorate the 18th anniversary of 9/11: https://911memorial.io/2qNu87t
Anniversary in the Schools Webinar
It’s important that we teach future generations about 9/11. Most students today weren’t born yet and have no context of the historical significance and ongoing impact of the attacks. Each year on the anniversary of 9/11, we offer a free webinar where students can hear first-person stories and connect with expert staff members to learn more about the events. https://911memorial.io/2qNu87t
Anniversary in the Schools Webinar
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Sofia Lachapelle, a field reporter for Univision, was assigned to interview Mayor Giuliani regarding the primary elections scheduled to take place that day. After hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower at 8:46 a.m., she was quickly reassigned to the World Trade Center. Alongside four other speakers, Sofia will share her story, both in English and in Spanish, as a part of this year’s fourth annual Anniversary in the Schools webinar. https://911memorial.io/2Z8OCVR
The Survivor Tree in July 2019
Discovered in the rubble after 9/11 by recovery workers and nursed back to health, the Survivor Tree has become a metaphor for hope and the resilience of the human spirit. http://911memorial.io/1L8JcvI
Anniversary in the Schools
Classrooms may be empty for summer vacation, but registration for the Anniversary in the Schools webinar is open. The events of Sept. 11, 2001 have a continued impact on the world and future generations. Children can connect with Museum staff and guest speakers to hear first-person stories about the attacks and recognize the importance of commemorating 9/11. For more info on the Anniversary in the Schools Webinar: https://911memorial.io/2qNu87t
Bagpipers from the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), the Port Authority Police Department (PAPD), the New York City Sanitation Department (DSNY) and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOC) perform on the 9/11 Memorial Glade as part of Make Music New York.
Inside Foundation Hall
The largest of the spaces within the 9/11 Memorial Museum is Foundation Hall, a room with ceilings ranging from 40 to 60 feet and nearly 15,000 square feet of floor space. There, you can find the slurry wall―a retaining wall originally built to hold back the Hudson River―and the Last Column. www.911memorial.org
Anniversary in the Schools
Join students and teachers in classrooms from around the world in commemorating the 18th anniversary of 9/11. Connect with Museum staff and guest speakers to hear first-person stories about the attacks and recognize the importance of commemoration during this 35-minute program. https://911memorial.io/2qNu87t
Today, we gather together on the 9/11Memorial Glade to formally dedicate the space to all who are suffering or have died from exposure to toxins in the aftermath of 9/11. We’re joined by 9/11 Memorial & Museum Chairman Michael R. Bloomberg, Counsel to the Governor Alphonso David, Caryn Pfeifer, wife of late FDNY firefighter and 9/11 health advocate Raymond J. Pfeifer, and President and CEO of the 9/11Memorial & Museum Alice M. Greenwald, with a special performance of “America the Beautiful” by Stuyvesant High School Choruses, directed by Liliya Shamazov.
Inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum
Two steel columns, from the North Tower, known as tridents. They are the first artifact that visitors encounter as they make their descent into the 9/11 Memorial Museum and the only one visible from the 9/11 Memorial. www.911memorial.org/visit
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Through commemoration, exhibitions, and educational programs, The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center, a New York education corporation, remembers and honors the 2,983 people killed in the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993, as well as those who risked their lives to save others and all who demonstrated extraordinary compassion in the aftermath of the attacks.
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I listened to this on the New York Times THE DAILY PODCAST and i will admit it broke me, we were sposed to be visiting NYC in August for the 6th time but now we have cancelled to be on the safe side but we WILL be back in 2021 !!!!!
the following is the transcript from the podcast and i had to share it with you all.
My name is Roger Cohen. I’ve worked for The New York Times for just over 30 years and was a foreign correspondent for much of that time, foreign editor. And now I’m a columnist. Which means I write opinion pieces for the paper.
People might think I don’t sound like a New Yorker. But I feel in spirit, and in the intensity of my feelings for the city and my identification with it, very much a New Yorker. Yes.
So I’d been living with this ghostly New York. And I would lie awake sometimes at night and hear distant sirens and occasionally a chopper overhead, and birdsong in the morning and again the sirens, asking myself: When, when will New York come back? It’s a city of energy. Energy defines New York. And how will that energy reconstitute itself? What about the tourists? What about the restaurants, the bars, the museums? Broadway, businesses — everything.
So I was just going for long walks at the end of the day. And I’d been on this long walk out to Brooklyn naval yards and beyond. And as I was coming back, it was dusk and there was nobody around, and there were these pieces of plastic and cans skittering across Front Street. And I saw a rat. You know, it’s not a rare sight in New York, but the rat was just kind of ambling around. And because there was nobody else around, this just set off a kind of apocalyptic vision of the city taken over by vermin.
It was a day or two after that, that that I woke up with this line in my head, and I started writing:
I forgive you, New York. I forgive you your snarl, your aggression, your hustle and hassle. I forgive you LaGuardia and your summer stench of uncollected garbage. I forgive you no cabs in the rain. I forgive you the crusty, deceptive puddles of slush at curbside. I even forgive you the Mets and no place to park and delivery trucks in the bike lane. All is forgiven if you will only return: the subway soliloquies of the homeless, the trains that never come, the trains that stop in the middle of the tunnel, the traffic, the garbage trucks blocking cross streets, the jackhammering of construction, the hiss of smoke from a manhole cover, the idling stretch-limo S.U.V.s, the drone of a million air-conditioning units, the drivers leaning on horns, the city hum that never ceases, until it did.
I forgive you. I forgive you now and forever. How could I ever begrudge you your restlessness, your relentlessness, your lip, your effrontery, your appraising glance, your pushiness, your impatience, your disregard for social niceties, when I knew all along that your great secret was that an extreme degree of ambition coexists in your streets with the empathy every New Yorker feels for a fellow New Yorker?
Only come back and all is pardoned: the tourists meandering in the theater district, your roads pitted with potholes, your crazy prices, your dinner parties ending at 9:30 because tomorrow is another New York day and theres money to be made, your awful basketball, your restaurants that have a table maybe in a couple of months, your overcrowded sidewalks, your iPhone addicts gathered at the exit of a subway station, your way of never ever relenting until you turn every one of your workers into a zombie by nightfall.
I forgive you the rats yes, even the rats and Ill throw in the roaches. The swelter of August, forgiven. The icy winter winds off the Hudson and the East River, forgiven. The impossibility of getting across town, forgiven. I forgive you the crowds, the craziness, the cruelty, the cursing, the complaining customers, the impatient merchants and the most uncomfortable cabs in the world.
I forgive you your kale salads, your restaurants that sell only oatmeal, your trends. I forgive you your street preachers, your sanctimonious parents who drone on about their childrens schools. I forgive you Macys during the Christmas season and Times Square always. I forgive you your ticket-holder lines, your throngs blocking out the paintings at MoMA, your rush-hour subways crammed with humanity.
I forgive you the holding of subway doors, your drunks peeing and puking on the street.
I forgive you Penn Station. I forgive you the Port Authority, yes, even that! I forgive you the brutal division of haves and have-nots. I forgive you the bus to the cabs at LaGuardia-in-construction and the recording that tries to persuade you that the bus is really great news.
Look, I’ll pardon the madness of having AirTrain JFK start in Queens rather than Manhattan. I forgive you the whiff of urine on a Sunday morning, the broken glass in Central Park and the way you persuade people that saying I may have a window next month is OK behavior.
I forgive you for driving me crazy at times, for making me want to scream, Get me out of here! I forgive you everything without exception if you will only promise to reappear.
Please, do not be proud. I know, we cursed you with irresponsible abandon. Forgive us, as I forgive you. We did not imagine the silence that could fall, the sirens that would fill the night, the sick and the dying, the doctors laboring on the 10th circle of the inferno, the ghostliness of shuttered stores, the empty skies, the canceled events, the post-apocalypse latex gloves scattered here and there. We took you too much for granted. Yes, forgive us for not giving daily praise for the miracle of New York.
I know I did not thank you enough for those clear winter mornings, for that dive I love on West 26th, for your tolerance, for your open arms, for the sun glinting on the Empire State Building, for your ampleness, for New York Noodletown, for your secrets slowly revealed, for your endlessness, for your boldness, for your churn, for the Met Cloisters, for your humanity, for your wit, for Coney Island, for the water towers, for the Staten Island Ferry being free, for banking over the city into LaGuardia or J.F.K. and seeing you and thinking this is home, for taking me in as no other city ever could.
Being a New Yorker, I was in a hurry. I was forgetful. You get that. Please forgive me. Please forgive us all. Ill throw in the pigeons. Forgive you for every one of those awful birds. Just come back, just return, please. I know we can make a deal.
My painting re: 9/11. Gone, but always in our hearts,
This is one of my favourite pictures that i took from my holiday in june 2019, if there's any way possible that the family of this woman wants the picture, then they can so gladly take it.
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Can someone tell me what year the permanent antenna was installed atop the north tower.
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Happy Easter humans...
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