On Friday, we went to see the 9-11 Memorial. We had to walk
a long way to get to the memorial. We started in upper Manhattan
and went all the way to lower Manhattan.
When we finally got close to the memorial, we had to go in this building to get
our tickets. We didn’t have to pay, but they asked for a donation. After we got
our tickets and paid the donation, we probably walked another five or six
blocks. When we were pretty close, we saw that they were building a shopping
mall close to the memorial. But it is probably going to take a couple of years
to finish the mall. Before we went in, they asked everyone to please be quiet.
Then we had to go through a lot of security. They had a lot of security there
because they wanted to make sure that nobody bad got in there.
Once we walked up
there, we could see both the memorials. First, we visited the South Tower Memorial.
Then we visited the North Tower Memorial. In each of the memorials, they
engraved the names of all of the people who died in each of the buildings. After that, we headed back home. It was a sad,
but cool experience at the same time.
Kelsie, there used to be a little church right across from where the Memorials were being built. It was where a lot of the rescue people would got to rest and get something to eat. Then they would go back and again and search through the ruins; this went on for quite a while. Kelly and I visited the little church; it had a lot of memorial items about 9-11 in it. I am wondering if it is still there. I am glad you got to see the Memorial; I'd like to someday.
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