Our last morning in New york we got tickets to go to the memorial site of the twin towers. We were not able to go to church with our friends because the time conflicted with our bus tickets so instead we took Libby and had a reverence moment that was amazing.
While sitting on the grounds reflecting what had happened there in New York, an older women sat next to Libby, She said hello and Libby started to tell her all about what had happened at that site. I was shocked to hear how much she could tell of the story.
" This is the place where the 2 airplanes crashed into the buildings. And then the buildings fell to the ground and lots of people died. It was really sad. There were lots of people that died and they fell in to those holes."
Libby Holding her ticket!
This was the most inspiring piece on the WTC Memorial grounds.
I found this story that had been told to me by our friends in new york
Survivor Tree
According to Joe Daniels, President of the memorial, the Survivor Tree is "a key element of the memorial plaza's landscape."[38]The tree is a callery pear tree. It was recovered from the rubble at the World Trade Center site in October 2001,[38] long after recovery workers expected to find anything alive at the site.[39] At the time of its recovery it was 8-feet tall,[40] badly burned, and it had only one living branch.[38] Prior to the attacks, the tree had lived at the World Trade Center site for several decades.[41] It was originally planted in the 1970s in the area near buildings four and five, close to Church Street.In November 2001, the tree was brought by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to the Arthur Ross Nursery in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx to be cared for.[38] The nursery's manager, Robert Zappala, said the tree was covered in ash when it arrived, and it was replanted in the Bronx on November 11, 2001.[42] At the time, Richard Cabo (the tree's primary caretaker until it was replanted at the memorial) did not expect the tree to survive.[39]In the spring of 2002, the tree had new growth and its caretaker at the Bronx nursery "knew the 'Survivor Tree' would make it."[39] At the time, the nursery did not yet know it was planned to eventually move the tree back to its original site.[38] Later in the decade, although the memorial was planned to include the tree as a feature, there was a period when the location of the tree was not known by members of the project team.[42]In March 2010, while still under the care of the Bronx nursery, the tree was uprooted during a storm. It was replanted and suffered no significant damage.[41]Over the years, the tree has been a symbol of hope and rebirth. Richard Cabo said, "It represents all of us."[39] Wayne Dubin (Bartlett Tree Experts) said, "it's an emotional symbol for a lot of people."[43] In a press release from the Port Authority on August 29, 2011, after Hurricane Irene, President Joe Daniels said, "true to its name, the Survivor Tree is standing tall at the Memorial."[44] In a statement after the March 2010 uprooting of the tree at the nursery, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "Again, we and the tree refused to throw in the towel. We replanted the tree, and it bounced back immediately."[38] Keating Crown, a survivor of the attacks, said, "It reminds us all of the capacity of the human spirit to persevere."[39]The official book of the National September 11 Memorial, A Place of Remembrance, describes the tree as "a reminder of the thousands of survivors who persevered after the attacks."[45]In December 2010, the Survivor Tree, grown to a height of 30 feet,[39] was returned to the World Trade Center site in an event which was attended by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as well as other city officials,[40] including Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe and Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward. The event was also attended by several members of the community of survivors and rescue workers.[citation needed]Although this tree is prominently featured as part of the memorial,[46] there are also six other "survivor trees" which have been permanently planted near New York City Hall and near the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan. Of these additional survivor trees, three are also callery pears, and three are little-leaf lindens.[38]
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We headed back to Washington on a bit of a somber note. Looking back at our trip I realize that we went to more memorials in the 2 weeks then we did place to eat. All had me thinking differently about those who have given their lives for my freedom.
We went touring with Marshall's parent one of the days in Washington DC. We went first to the Arlington cemetery and walked around with them. after we walked (a long ways , felt like miles) to the Iwo Jima memorial. when we got there we came upon a memorial presentation being given to the marine fighter pilots. they had several of the air crafts fly by at the end and one went straight into the air above us.
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