WTC Memories Fading
Last week I visited a friend in Park Slope who has a rooftop garden. It's a very cool place, with an illegal barbecue, loads of plants and patio furniture. It affords of view of parts of Manhattan, the bay as it leads into the East River and even the Statue of Liberty. "And, you used to be able to see the World Trade Center - just the North tower," he said, looking over the top of a church about half a block away. I asked him if it was between the two crosses. "No it was to the left of, or between ... " he said and went quiet. He couldn't remember exactly where it was anymore, though he has lived there for years and even stood in that same place and watched the building burn the morning of Sept. 11.

I've found I've done the same thing while walking across 6th and 7th avenues in the Village or driving down the West Side Highway -- I now have a hard time remembering from a distance exactly which buildings the towers were between. I'd thought I'd never forget, but indeed some images are fading.
- posted by Amy @ 5/01/2003 09:51:00 AM