How to Visit Ground Zero in New York City
Visiting Ground Zero, the site where the World Trade Center towers once stood in New York City, is one of the most thoughtful ways to honor those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. You can choose to take an organized tour or you can simply explore the area on your own.
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Find out exactly where Ground Zero is located. On a map of New York City, look toward the southern end of the island in what is simply known as the downtown area of Manhattan. Ground Zero is bordered by Vesey Street to the north, Church Street to the east, Liberty Street to the south and the West Side Highway to the west.
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Determine how you are going to get to the Ground Zero site. Most of the walking tours recommend the subway since both the PATH and Metro transit systems have stations right at the site. Taking a taxicab may be quicker, but more expensive.
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Decide if you want to take a guided tour of the Ground Zero site or would rather observe everything on your own. Many of the guided tours offer special services, including a personal guide who will meet you at a predetermined point in the city and escort you on the subway to the site, which might be a good idea if it is your first visit to New York City.
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Visit the Viewing Wall on Church Street, which lists the name of everyone who was killed in the World Trade Center towers that fateful day. The Viewing Wall serves as one of the few existing yet temporary monuments to 9/11 since it will take years to complete the permanent one.
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Take the time to visit other points of interest in the immediate area, such as St. Paul's Cathedral, which served as the relief center during the attacks and the Skyscraper Museum at Battery Park which has many exhibits dedicated to 9/11.
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Tips & Warnings
Be careful how you behave while you visit the Ground Zero site. Many New Yorkers are still traumatized by the events that happened on September 11, 2001 and can be easily offended by tourists who snap too many photographs, make faces or crack jokes or even buy some of the cheap souvenirs from street vendors in the immediate area.
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I know that this was a horrific event on 9/11 but going to visit there is to pay respects to all those who died there that fateful day and that is my intention since I couldn't speak to all the survivors and the Hero's and the families of those who died , may God bless all of you.
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So so sad...I intent to visit soon. I expect it will be totally overwhelming, although I must see it.
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So so sad...I intend to visit.
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I will visit ground zero in New York City. next month and I will walk on the place that the towers went down and God will show me the othe devils that took part in this evil thing that happen to some one's mother, father, sister, brother.friend, cousin. Family don't worrie God sad that vengance is his.May God Bless UUU and u!
