15 years have passed since the WTC (9/11) attack occurred. Now One World Trade Center has been erected in it’s place. 
An awesome building standing proud and tall. Saying nothing, yet, saying it all. 
My visit to OWTC was a memory rewind as we approached OWTC to visit One World Observatory.
One World Observatory has an elevator ride that is indescribable. When entering the elevator you don’t face the door you are asked to face the elevator wall. Now as the elevator climbs to the top the walls light up with a time flash of NYC.
The elevator slinks up, up, up! Straight to the top (1,254 feet) in a elevator minute. As I stepped out of the elevator and entered the Observatory deck, my eyes scanned the full Manhattan sky trying to absorb all of the skyline marvel. 
Unfortunately, the day I went to OWO the weather was poor. Clouds hovered and rain drizzled down my favorite city, but 
it did not dampen the experience.
However, the best part of being downtown NYC was the Memorial Pool. The first thing I heared, as I approached the Memorial Pool, was the sound of rushing water. The closer I got to the pool the sound of water gave me a sense of calm. Along the edges of the pool are the names of those who were lost on that horrific day. So many names.
The next thing you realize is how quiet it is around the pool. A holy silence. 
Then a feeling of peace, joy, and hope engulfed me.
The 9/11 Memorial visit is a humbling experience. It’s a reminder of how vulnerable we can be. Yet, in the end, it reminds us how we as a people can pull together to recreate. Not to replace what was once there but to honor the memory of all those who perished on 9/11.
I LIVE NEW YORK!!