Ground Zero, New York, NY
I took this photo in 2004 at ground zero in New York City. Three years after radical terrorists flew into the twin World Trade Towers the area had been reduced to a gigantic hole in the ground with a lone cross fashioned out of twisted structural steel rising out of the ashes. The cab driver that took us there solemnly mentioned that she will forever hear the pings of the perished first responders’ locators that were hopelessly sounding for days afterwards. A member of our church was in the south tower when the second plane hit above the floor where he and others were having a business meeting. As they evacuated down a stairway, they passed many of these responders going the other way, a memory that is seared into his mind forever.
As we approached the security fence a handwritten message caught my eye. We instantly knew that we were standing on hallowed ground as we reverently read the heartfelt message; "We will never forget! May all your souls rest in peace with God in the eternal heavens." The memory of that day will be forever with all of us.
May the 3,000 innocent souls that perished on that bright September day in 2001 rest in peace. God must be continually asking, “When will they ever learn”?
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