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World Trade Center Site - October 2011

September 11th.

I was looking at the date on my phone at work this morning thinking about how this is no longer just a day of the month... a 24-hour instance that occurs at the beginning of autumn...

It's something different now. And I bet there isn't a person alive that doesn't notice it.

When terrorists attacked 11 years ago, they didn't just end lives and rip apart families and shatter our sense of security and demolish buildings and rape New York's proud skyline.

They took a day of the year.

The World Trade Center site is something different too. I didn't get to see it before it was forever changed. But just as it was a majestic destination worthy of a visit in the eclectic and vibrant borough of Manhattan before, so it is today.