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Ground Zero

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Sunday, 17th April 2005

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Ground Zero, site of the 9/11 tragedy.

Ground Zero

10 Responses to 'Ground Zero'

  1. uzyn says:

    Were there some events going on or is that the normal daily traffic in New York?

  2. Will says:

    I’d say that “that is the normal traffic”; remember that’s the financial district down there, and from the building shadows, it appears to still be morning.

  3. SgtMeowsteen says:

    I can see the footprints of the towers. Sacred soil.

  4. Jordan says:

    Actually, it looks like it’s just a little congestion from the reconstruction. If you look at the cross-streets, there’s minimal traffic, and if you go uptown a couple blocks, there really aren’t any cars backed up at the traffic lights. In rush hour, the city can go into complete gridlock; it’s gonna sound like an exaggeration, but quite honestly sometimes it’s literally taken me 2 hours to cross the couple miles from Brooklyn to New Jersey.

  5. dylan says:

    i think someone should find roswell new mexico like the umm ufo landing or whatever

  6. d says:

    Are there sat pics form when the towers were still there? A comparison would be interesting.

  7. Carista says:

    I’ve never been there before cuz I live in Southeast Asia.. but after seeing this, I promise I will go..

  8. Christian says:

    But.. I posted this… :(

  9. Alex says:

    Indeed you did Christian, I just didn’t think anyone needed to be thanked for this one. Hope you understand.

  10. James says:

    I’ve locked this page for comments as this really isn’t the place for political discussion. We’re tourists - let’s stick to that!