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<blockquote data-quote="robaustin" data-source="post: 336208" data-attributes="member: 2703"><p>I know people personally who have been to ground zero, gone downtown even months afterward.</p><p></p><p>I don't think they went in a morbid way, nor to stare like at a road accident. They went to say goodbye to a place. It was done out of grief, for the fallen towers, and the fallen men and women who lost their lives down there. It makes it all that more real for them, easier to accept, actually having been there. SOme folks need to be there to say goodbye. My friend who had moved to california only 4 months before 9/11 - came to NJ for CHristmas. He went to see it - not out of morbid curiosity - but t make it REAL. For most people, it's no more real then a movie, seeing it on TV, on the internet. But when you're there, it's real. And when you've been there before it happened, and see what it is now, you can grieve for it.</p><p></p><p>I personally have no desire to go down there. I know the reality of the situation. Most of us in the NY metro area have lived with it day in and out. But, I'm sure that at some point, in my frequent trips to NYC, I will end up downtown walking by it.</p><p></p><p>I'm also glad to hear about others taking trips to enjoy NYC despite what has happened. A lot of folks feared NYC before this happened - feared it because they thought it had too much crime, was unsafe, etc... This kind of thing could instill more fear.</p><p></p><p>I can tell you this - I feel safer now then I ever did. When I drive through the Lincoln tunnel, and go up the ramp to park at port authority, and the PA police ask to see my driver's license, write down my name and driver's license # and open the trunk of my car to check it - I KNOW that NYC is safe.</p><p></p><p>I hope more folks come to visit. It is one of the greatest cities in the world. And my favorite.</p><p></p><p>--*Rob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robaustin, post: 336208, member: 2703"] I know people personally who have been to ground zero, gone downtown even months afterward. I don't think they went in a morbid way, nor to stare like at a road accident. They went to say goodbye to a place. It was done out of grief, for the fallen towers, and the fallen men and women who lost their lives down there. It makes it all that more real for them, easier to accept, actually having been there. SOme folks need to be there to say goodbye. My friend who had moved to california only 4 months before 9/11 - came to NJ for CHristmas. He went to see it - not out of morbid curiosity - but t make it REAL. For most people, it's no more real then a movie, seeing it on TV, on the internet. But when you're there, it's real. And when you've been there before it happened, and see what it is now, you can grieve for it. I personally have no desire to go down there. I know the reality of the situation. Most of us in the NY metro area have lived with it day in and out. But, I'm sure that at some point, in my frequent trips to NYC, I will end up downtown walking by it. I'm also glad to hear about others taking trips to enjoy NYC despite what has happened. A lot of folks feared NYC before this happened - feared it because they thought it had too much crime, was unsafe, etc... This kind of thing could instill more fear. I can tell you this - I feel safer now then I ever did. When I drive through the Lincoln tunnel, and go up the ramp to park at port authority, and the PA police ask to see my driver's license, write down my name and driver's license # and open the trunk of my car to check it - I KNOW that NYC is safe. I hope more folks come to visit. It is one of the greatest cities in the world. And my favorite. --*Rob [/QUOTE]
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