{"id":721,"date":"2012-08-24T06:52:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T10:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svecho.com\/?p=721"},"modified":"2012-08-24T06:52:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T10:52:57","slug":"911-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svecho.com\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"911 Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although we didn’t plan ahead and arrange for passes to enter the Memorial<\/a>, (they are free but required for entry) we were able to find a way to visit. \u00a0During slower times there are sometimes passes available at the site and this is how we entered. \u00a0There is still quite a lot of work underway but the two identical memorials covering the footprints where each building stood are complete.<\/p>\n

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Each fountain has a ledge along the top with the engraved names of all who were lost at the building. \u00a0Water falls over the edge and down a 50′ wall into a pool. \u00a0The pool drains into void at the very bottom and disappears. \u00a0 Quite impressive.<\/p>\n

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The pictures here were taken in the evening and the reflection of the surrounding buildings and the clouds are what appeared on the water in the front section of the fountain.<\/p>\n

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The Monuments are grand and solemn. \u00a0The pools are kind of a reflection, or a negative, of what once stood there. \u00a0The great losses, human and otherwise, remain present as the pools drain forever. \u00a0A brilliant metaphor to what occurred, and all that was lost. \u00a0 Very moving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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