9/11 Memorial

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is the principal memorial and museum commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001.The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, on the former location of the Twin Towers destroyed during the attacks.
We were allowed to walk among hundreds of white oak trees on the eight-acre site and gaze at the water on the exact spots where the World Trade Center's twin towers stood. We were also being able to run our fingers over the names of the 2,977 people killed in the terrorist attacks in New York. 
But what moved me and got my attention were that many visitors made pencil-and-paper rubbings of the names to take back home. Others sat on benches or clustered for photos. Some people cried; others embraced. Some left flowers or stuffed messages into the letters.
For the most people around the world, the images that we remember from this site are very difficult. It's the recovery period; it's seeing those images of the towers falling. So after 10 years of this massacre, we come on now and see this place that's been transformed into a place of beauty. 

Work Cited

Steffen, Sheila. "September 11 Memorial Debuts in New York –

CNN." Featured Articles from CNN. 12 Sept. 2011. Web. 02 Dec. 2011. <http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-12/us/world.trade.center_1_terror-attack-architect-michael-arad-memorial-plaza?_s=PM:US>.