After my last meeting today in upper Manhattan I took the subway downtown. While walking around I ended up at the World Trade Center site, doing a loop around what has become know as Ground Zero.

Ground Zero is now a construction site. But it’s hard not to get emotional just taking in the vast emptiness in the middle of such a dense environment. While I was taking in the view a low flying jet captured everyones attention - silence - then realization that it was simply taking off from a nearby airport.

All foot traffic is routed in a ring of covered walkways around the construction zone which packs commuters in with tourists. The tourists are easy to spot because they are the ones lined up against the fence taking photos of the construction (me). The commuters are easy to spot because they are the ones giving somber glances at the tourists lined up at the fence.