Paula’s B&W Sunday Challenge took me back to May 2001 when we visited our son who at that time was living in Hoboken. On our first evening, we walked down to the river and looked across to see the Twin Towers of the WTC. The next day hubby and I had breakfast at the famous ‘Windows On The World’ restaurant at the top of 1 Tower. Little did we realise that just four months later it would be raised to the ground in a horrific terrorist attack.
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Beautiful shot but, to be honest, I cannot linger long. I doubt I ever will.
Thanks, John.
photo out of the tower itself?
which is probably even more rare now?
What a great photo – and a very poignant one now.
Thank you. Yes, in hindsight….
May I just say that, without reading, that is a highly impressive photo!
Thanks, Rommel.
Very poignant Sylvia, a breakfast you’ll never forget.
Oh, yes.
Seeing this post took me right back to the horror of that day. How fortunate that you have the memory of being in the tower.
I guess you’re right, LuAnn.I remember being bowled over by the beauty of the foyer area, with all the palm trees.The new Brookfield Place where our son now works, is equally gorgeous.
How profound a moment was that breakfast? And one you will remember forever.
Yes, although we didn’t realise it at the time.
A beautiful photograph of such architectural wonder yet there’s a solemnity at the same time. A powerful photograph ….
Thanks, Issy.
It’s always jarring to see them still standing in photos like yours and the fact you ate at the top that year is so sobering.
Yes, I guess it is. Here in B&W, they look quite ghostly, which is very fitting.
Very sad day was 😦 , horrific history. Your photo is great memorable ever Sylvia, The memories about the twin towers.
Oh yes it really was. Thanks, DellaAnna.
That was such a sad day!
The saddest and most shocking day I ever remember.
That’s a beautiful image. I’ll confess it gave me a bit of a start when I saw it in my reader.
Thanks, Amy.
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Oh thank you so much Sylvia for posting this. So very appropriate for the challenge. Thank you.
It did seem appropriate, although I did hesitate before posting it.
I’m glad that you did.
Thanks so much. xx
It would be amazing to see the old and new juxtaposed!
I’m sure there must be something on the internet showing the two side by side, although I haven’t looked.
I recall you describing the horror and personal impact. This is a haunting photo. Sending you hugs. Xo
Thanks, Sue. At least we have very happy memories of our visit there that day.
Yes that is a very positive way to look at it Sylvia.
It’s strange how context can affect our view of things. What twenty years ago would have been a perfectly pleasant view of New York is now something we look at now with feelings of sorrow. 😦
Yes, so true. Just seeing those two towers conjures up so many other images which are forever seared in my memory.
I remember that day like it was yesterday, 😢
I think we all do.
Living in NYS it’s never far from our minds
Well done.Great landscape photography
Thanks so much, Aletta.
Such a sobering thought — a matter of four months. For some, though, the escape was a matter of four minutes. Their disappearance is a monument to human stupidity and credulity.
Absolutely, Col.
One of the best photos of the twin towers, I think!
Very poignant take, really!
Thanks so much, Anna.
I never saw them in real life, Sylvia, but I remember that terrible day and my s-i-l calling to tell us to turn on the television.
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Yes, a most terrible day indeed, Janet.
A great shot of the towers, it still breaks my heart to see them and remember the lives that went down with them.
Thanks, Holly. We will never forget the awful loss of innocent lives.
Beautiful photograph, Sylvia. I still remember that day as though it was yesterday. We will never forget.
So true, Jill.
Very nice B&W of the towers. I had similar experience. I was staying at one of the tower (I do not remember which one now) and then a few months later the towers were blown.
Thanks, YC. Everyone has their own memories.
What a poignant photo- it makes me so sad whenever I see those mighty towers- but your photo is beautiful and so perfect in black and white Sylvia.
Thanks, Lisa.
Beautiful image Sylvia – showing strength and courage then and now. We’ll never forget.
Thanks, Mary. Yes, “strength and courage” for sure.
A great image, Sylvia…
Thanks, Sue.
The ghost of the towers definitely lingers in everyone’s minds still, some of the movies shot still show them :O
Yes definitely so, Andy. It will always be like a cloud hanging over us.
This beautiful picture brings similar memories to me. We also visited the towers with our son a few years earlier. And that day is still fairly fresh in my memory due to all the drama and chaos I came to witness first hand in Washington D.C. as my office was next to the White House.
I think we all have our own memories of either visiting the Twin Towers, or of hearing about the attack. I was in South Africa when it happened, but my son was in New York, and I remember that day very well.
Very nice shot and memory. I worked across the street in the 80’s and spent a lot of time there. Haunting indeed.
Thanks, Jane.
A special photo, Sylvia, with mixed emotions and memories. I have visited the site, back in 2010. Incomprehensible.
Thanks, Marion. Absolutely incomprehensible.
Thanks for the memory of those great Twin Towers. I wonder if that heartache of that memory will ever go away. It’s nice you were able to eat in that restaurant before the tragedy.
It’s definitely an event which will always be remembered with great sadness by we who were alive at the time. When I saw the news of the attack, my first thought was for the jolly elevator man and the lovely woman who gave me extra Philly cheese with my bagel. I hope they were okay.
I wonder how you could ever find out about the elevator man and the waitress. I guess it’s just best to hope they somehow survived. So sad.
This is a great picture Sylvia calling to mind the tragedy of what was to follow. This haunts us all.
Thanks, Adrian. The horror of the attack is something that will never ever go away.
Great shot, Ad! 🙂 If it’s not manmade horror it’s the natural kind these days, it seems. Sunday hugs!
Thanks, Jo. Yes, I agree with you. There are more than enough natural disasters, without man adding to the mix. 😦