Tribute in Light from 2002 (top) and 2009 (bottom)I remember when this memorial was first unveiled in March 2002. It was such a simple concept and truly beautiful - light reaching all the way to the heavens to those we lost on 9/11. And perhaps it was a way to show that they were reaching down to us too. It was an image that reflected our loss but also conveyed comfort.
Every year I see the 9/11 tribute pictures, I'm always awed by how such a simple design works so well at eliciting such different emotions in the same heartbeat. Loss. Pain. Hope. Love.
This year, with the low-lying cloud cover over New York, the lights didn't go on to eternity as they have in the last seven years. Indeed, if you looked quickly, it was almost as if the Manhattan skyline had never changed. A fleeting glimpse of what could have been. And a terrible reminder of unnecessary loss.
It's haunting, but beautiful just the same. Achingly beautiful.
People say, "never forget." I don't see how we possibly could.
Every year I see the 9/11 tribute pictures, I'm always awed by how such a simple design works so well at eliciting such different emotions in the same heartbeat. Loss. Pain. Hope. Love.
This year, with the low-lying cloud cover over New York, the lights didn't go on to eternity as they have in the last seven years. Indeed, if you looked quickly, it was almost as if the Manhattan skyline had never changed. A fleeting glimpse of what could have been. And a terrible reminder of unnecessary loss.
It's haunting, but beautiful just the same. Achingly beautiful.
People say, "never forget." I don't see how we possibly could.
