http://andstillipersist.com/2006/09/remembering-the-wtc/ Thu, 03 May 2012 18:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://andstillipersist.com/2006/09/remembering-the-wtc/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Carol Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:59:02 +0000 http://and-still-I-persist.com/?p=85#comment-59 I sat here at my desk this morning listening to taps being played in the pit as part of the rememberence services and then walked to the window to survey all of the construction going on all around the big hole. I know there are a lot of bytes going around the net these days about filling the hole, but when I step off of the PATH train into it, I know I will never forget what happened here. I guess that is a function of standing on the edge of the hole itself every time I come to Manhattan. When a pretty new building stands in its place with a new transportation hub below and ridiculously priced square footage into the sky - will I still tear up every time my train rounds the hole and lets me off into the wide openness of this reality? I hope so. I lost people and personal history here too - and nothing could possibly remind me of what unimaginable things people are capable of more than this hole. I hope in some ways Bruce, you are right and we will still be waiting for the filling of the hole on the 10th anniversary. At least we won't have paved over what we should never forget. I sat here at my desk this morning listening to taps being played in the pit as part of the rememberence services and then walked to the window to survey all of the construction going on all around the big hole. I know there are a lot of bytes going around the net these days about filling the hole, but when I step off of the PATH train into it, I know I will never forget what happened here. I guess that is a function of standing on the edge of the hole itself every time I come to Manhattan. When a pretty new building stands in its place with a new transportation hub below and ridiculously priced square footage into the sky – will I still tear up every time my train rounds the hole and lets me off into the wide openness of this reality? I hope so. I lost people and personal history here too – and nothing could possibly remind me of what unimaginable things people are capable of more than this hole. I hope in some ways Bruce, you are right and we will still be waiting for the filling of the hole on the 10th anniversary. At least we won’t have paved over what we should never forget.

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