Least we forget...the Eleventh of September...a day that shall live in infamy

17 year old high school kid from Seattle who has never been to NYC in his life: So what sights should I see?
Me: 9/11 Memorial is amazing.
Kid: I was thinking of seeing it on 9/11
Me: Bad idea. Well unless you want to see it with a million other people.
Kid: It's really that crowded?
Me: Every year they gather to read off all the names at the site. They've been doing it since 2002.
And it's really crowded. Pick an off time. I did, and it was still somewhat crowded. I couldn't get into the museum.

They keep talking about "never forgetting" on social media -- from places far far away from NYC. And I keep thinking, if only I could. But alas, I live in frigging NYC. It's impossible. Every single year we get the reading of the names. There are still people filing lawsuits for being contaminated by the debris which caused various lung ailments and cancer. Lots of New Yorkers in and around the area contracted cancer because of the dust.

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I leave you with photographs...from the 9/11 Memorial:


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