NYC, After

It's been almost six years since September 11, and the photo at left shows the site where the twin towers of the World Trade Center stood.

Something that struck me: the trains still travel on a track that used to be beneath the towers. I have ridden that train before.

Now, temporary shelters stand above the tracks. The steel girders that anchored the towers are still there, sticking out like uneven rows of teeth.

New York City, though, has broad shoulders. It's brash. It's bold. I know Carl Sandburg described Chicago similarly, but I think his description, or one like it, applies to NYC, too.

Maybe this is most important, given that we can't bring back the greatest treasures lost almost six years ago: it's (re)building.