Originally posted by dnewma04:
Originally posted by D Davis:
Originally posted by TheGreatOne:
These are not peopel going there to leave flowers and stuff....these are people wearing shorts/tshirts/sneakers and snapping pictures at everything they can like it's disney land. NYC maps in hand. Obviously tourists.
That is sad, then 
Why? It is going to go down as one of the most important events in our nations history. I would certainly go to the scene if I was in NYC much like I would go to Pearl Harbor if I were in Hawaii and the site of the disaster if I were in OKC. And in each case, I would certainly have a camera in hand. It's not disrespectful to want to see or be at the site of an event that had such an impact on our country.
Exactly, couldn't agree with you more!
Me and my g/f were in NYC a few months before the attacks, and because she'd never been to the city before, we made a weekend of it and saw the sites. We even went to the WTC - But by the time we got there, she was tired and we didn't make it past the lobby before she decided she didn't want to go up. We ended up getting a snack at the Krispy Kreme there, and then went back to the hotel.
I myself had never been to the top of the WTC, so I was sort of irked about the whole thing. But it was a long day, and the weather was pretty cold, so I let it go. When 9/11 happened, I was stunned. She felt REALLY bad about the fact that because of her selfishness that day, we'll never have a chance to do that now.
I would like to go back and see how it's all changed, it is a part of history after all. And I probably would take pictures, something to show to my kids down the road when they're learning about this.
