Fifteen Years Gone: Never Forget

It is not about looking back and fanning fires of hatred and anger.
It is not about revenge any more, if it ever should have been.
It is about hope
and freedom
and being Americans together.

If we keep looking back we will never move forward.
If we only remember what happened we will leave those who died stuck in a world of no hope.

To look at what we can do and be - Americans of all colors and faith, all ethnic and cultural varieties...

that is the ongoing legacy of 9/11

a spur to move into a world where freedom is possible for all
and an incentive to sing our own individual hymns to freedom.

The video I produced last year after my visit to Freedom Tower, One World Trade Center holds up that hope with the inspiration of Oscar Peterson's moving Hymn to Freedom. Never Forget- and keep moving forward.

14-Years and Not Forgetting!

One World Observatory (2)

Eastern Panorama from One World Observatory Toward Brooklyn

Here are more of the pictures I took a few weeks ago from the World Trade Center, One World Observatory.

(Above and below) 

Two views of the transportation hub being built 

for the World Trade Center. 

Yep- it is in the shape of a bird taking wing.

It is an impressive building.

 

The covering along the fence surrounding the ongoing construction was neat to see!

One World Observatory (1)

Western Panorama from One World Observatory

Here are some of the pictures I took on our visit to One World Observatory at the World Trade Center in New York. It felt good to be there- a victory over those who tried to destroy it. Watch for more coming, esp. as we get to the 9/11 anniversary in two weeks.

 

The View from Above

We had the pleasure and honor of going to the World Trade Center a couple weeks ago. I will be posting some of the pictures at a later date and I am hoping to have another video in honor of 9/11. But for today, here's the video I put together looking out and down from the top of One World Trade Center. Enjoy.