Ground Zero: A selfie stop for some, cemetery for others
A child peers over the edge of the north pool as visitors browse the walking paths at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in New York. (John Minchillo/AP)
A visitor takes a selfie beside the north pool at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in New York. (John Minchillo/AP)
NYPD officer Michael Dougherty, a 25-year veteran, stands beside the south reflecting pool of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum where names of his deceased colleagues and friends are displayed. (John Minchillo/AP
Red roses rest against the names of the fallen on the south pool at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in New York. (John Minchillo/AP)
Kevin Hansen, an engineer at the September 11 Memorial, uses a torch to clean and burnish the names cut into the metal plates that border the south pool. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
Twenty years after terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center, the memorial at ground zero is similar to many city tourist sites. But for those who live and work nearby, it’s hallowed ground.
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