The night before, Michael Jackson performed his 30th
Anniversary Special at Madison Square Garden and Yankees fans were disappointed
when the game with their biggest rivalry, the Boston Red Sox, was rescheduled
due to rain. The next morning, of course, was gorgeous.
That day, September 11, 2001, people all over New York City
made their way to work humming Billie
Jean and crossing their fingers against another rainout in the last moments
of “life before.” Then, between 8:46 and 10:03 AM EST, four planes crashed into
our beloved Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, over 2,500 lives were lost and countless others were irrevocably
changed in the worst terrorist attack in United States history.
Eleven years later, the construction is humming on the site
of the new World Trade Center and the Freedom Tower is standing tall over the
Wall Street area as it nears completion. Life in NYC is back to normal … but it’s
a new normal for those of us who remember the days after, when the streets were
quiet and we all took a little extra time to check in with everyone we passed.
Our new normal is one in which we love our city more than
ever and take tremendous pride in honoring New York’s rich history, and her future,
with people from all over the world. Join us for a Wall Street Walks tour and
let us share a little bit of our New York City with you. Click here to learn
more: https://www.wallstreetwalks.com/tours_main.html
