Trip to New York City, New York (Click on any image to load a larger copy)
Introduction
While visiting my parent over the Presidents' weekend holiday, my parents and I took a day trip to New York City
to see the World Trade Center (WTC) site, Ground Zero, and the Hayden Planetarium. As the first stop was the
WTC, we decided to take the PATH train which has a stop at the WTC. It was the first time that I took the PATH
train and it was spook when we emerged from crossing under the Hudson River to the barren pit where the WTC once
was. I had been to the WTC twice while it was standing and the change was quite shocking.
Currently a temporary station is being used and you can see artwork done by the children who lost a parent on September 11, 2001. It was quite sad to see artwork by two, three, or four children from the same father or mother who died. Across the street from the station is St. Paul's Chapel, an Episcopal church, that served as a refugee for those involved in the recovery at the WTC site for eight months after the attack. The church now is a type of memorial to what happened in 2001 and its after effects - a place not to be missed.
We left the WTC site and headed uptown to see the Hayden Planetarium. After our visit, we had lunch at the Carnegie Deli. After getting filled up with sandwiches that are to large (but very tasty), we walked to the The Port Authority Bus Terminal to catch a bus back to my parent house in New Jersey. On the way we passed a Fire Station in the theater district which had some special doors painted as a memorial to those fireman from that station who lost their lives.
Currently a temporary station is being used and you can see artwork done by the children who lost a parent on September 11, 2001. It was quite sad to see artwork by two, three, or four children from the same father or mother who died. Across the street from the station is St. Paul's Chapel, an Episcopal church, that served as a refugee for those involved in the recovery at the WTC site for eight months after the attack. The church now is a type of memorial to what happened in 2001 and its after effects - a place not to be missed.
We left the WTC site and headed uptown to see the Hayden Planetarium. After our visit, we had lunch at the Carnegie Deli. After getting filled up with sandwiches that are to large (but very tasty), we walked to the The Port Authority Bus Terminal to catch a bus back to my parent house in New Jersey. On the way we passed a Fire Station in the theater district which had some special doors painted as a memorial to those fireman from that station who lost their lives.
Photo Info
I used a Olympus C-750UZ 4.0 Megapixel Digital Camera. The images were cleaned up a bit with Adobe PhotoShop
Elements (To correct the color balance). Additional Camera Information
St. Paul's Chapel
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| Temporary PATH Station at the World Trade Center. Behind it is Ground Zero | St. Paul's Chapel - an Episcopal church that George Washington worshiped at on his Inauguration Day, April 30, 1789 and a place of rest & refuge for recovery workers at the WTC site for eight months after September 11, 2001 | The stump a Sycamore Tree that was destroyed by debris form the World Trace Center |
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| Cots like this one were setup in the church for rescue workers to rest for a few hours | A red chasuble covered with patches from the various rescue organizations that worked at Ground Zero. Rescue organizations came from Australia, Poland, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and across the US (including Louisiana, Hawaii, and Oklahoma) | Various banners sent to the church from organizations to show support for the rescue workers and New York City |
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| An alter with the photos of many of these who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 |
Mid Town
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| The door to a Fire Station in the theater district of New York City with the names of the fireman lost from the Fire Station. The number on the helmet, 343, is the total number of fireman lost at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 |