Reflections on 9.11.01

EVERY YEAR WHEN SEPT. 11 GETS CLOSER, I wind up saying to someone: “I can’t believe it’s been (however many) years since the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. Such is the case again this year—seven years after that awful day that saw nearly 3,000 people lose their lives. On [...]

If the World Trade Center site rebuilding ever finishes, security at the site will be unprecedented

While it has been announced it may be some time before rebuilding at the World Trade Center site is complete, police announced recently that security at the site will be designed to help prevent a third terrorist attack, the New York Times is reporting this morning.

The security measures will prohibit many cabs and limousines from [...]

A subtle reminder

Here is a photo of the Sept. 11, 2001 Memorial in Downtown Jersey City. You can see the New York City Skyline in the reflection. How wonderful it is the victims from Jersey City have a beautiful memorial. And how sad, that in its reflection is Ground Zero, where there is absolutely nothing. We can [...]

Thank heavens for David Paterson

The day he was sworn in as New York’s governor, I immediately realized there was something very special about David A. Paterson. Despite his limitations with vision, he has an incredible sense of humor — and an incredible sense of honor to be serving as the state’s governor.
So when we learned this week the World [...]

NY Daily News all over WTC mess

The New York Daily News are all over the news of the disgrace which is the rebuilding project at The World Trade Center. Click here for information about the changes to the project. Click here for a tremendous editorial from The News, which began on Page 1 of its editions today. The one question that [...]

May be 3 more years before World Trade Center rebuild is complete

Here’s a story update from The New York Post via the Associated Press on the progress at Ground Zero. The report indicates there could be as much as a three-year delay, as if it hasn’t already taken long enough to rebuild there.