I always thought we’d make a point of visiting Ground Zero when we finally get to NY. Say Tehillim (Psalms), meditate on the enormity of the event, try to make the stories a little more real for the kids (and for us), and so on.

By the time we finally made it to NY, however, the site had been cleared of the rubble (apparently), and all that remains is just another construction site.

Having been to the Twin Towers repeatedly in the past, I didn’t really want to go there without something “heavy” to experience.

So we talked about it and decided together to skip a close-up visit. Instead, we just aimed our cameras in the direction of Ground Zero, and paid our respects from a distance.