Ground Zero – 78 of 90

I didn’t include this in yesterday’s post about New York City because I wanted to write about it on its own.

This is a photo that was taken of the construction site at Ground Zero. Maybe it’s just me, but the fact that rebuilding is now on its way at the site is … strange, for lack of a better term.

I remember seeing Ground Zero in 2003, and it was basically, well, nothing.

Now that there’s a construction site, it starts to feel like any of the hundreds of building being erected around that city.

I know it’s not the same thing as they build the new One World Trade Center along with the memorial sites that will be there, but it just felt different to me. I guess it was just a sensation of moving on. That we’re really putting the events of 2001 behind us — at least as much as possible. And I’m not saying that’s we shouldn’t be.

There were always be things at the site that will remind us of what happened. Seeing the statue across the street of the businessman with all the scrapes on it from 9/11 still elicited a small emotional reaction from me.

I’m not sure what exactly I will think once the new tower (scheduled for April 2013) is completed. I just know that on Saturday, it felt a little strange to see Ground Zero once again.