Ten Years On

It is ten years today since the September 11th attacks - where did that decade go? I was working at the hospital then and can clearly remember that sense of shock and disbelief that this could happen in New York.
 

This attack has changed the world forever - especially airport security and travel. It left behind a feeling of mistrust and suspicion that hasn't really gone away since.


The site left behind, known as Ground Zero now has a  9/11 Memorial and Museum on it. 

The memorial is to be dedicated at a ceremony on the 10th anniversary itself, and then it will open to the public for the first time on September 12. The memorial is  called Reflecting Absence.
At its centre are two pools that stand in the footprint of the towers. Water constantly runs down the 30ft black granite walls into a second, smaller void in the middle of each square.
The plaza around the pools is planted with around 200 white oak trees. Eventually there will be around 400, chosen in part because they turn a golden colour during autumn, in time for each anniversary.
The names of the 2,983 people who died are inscribed in bronze on the edges of each fountain. It took a year to arrange them next to friends, relatives and colleagues, according to the requests of family members.