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180, Greenwich Street, New York (Manhattan), The United States Of America
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2024
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Large area dedicated to the victims of the attacks with 2 large pools offering free access at any time of day

The new towers of the World Trade Center frame the 9/11 Memorial, this large space dedicated to the victims of the attacks. It is the central element of the site. Opened on September 11, 2011, 10 years after the collapse of the twin towers, the Memorial consists of two large pools with interior waterfalls (North Pool and South Pool) where the names of all the victims of the 2001 and 1993 attacks are forever engraved on the walls of these two square bases, above the museum that pays tribute to them. There's about three thousand of them. Sad anecdote: sometimes you will see that a white rose has been slipped into the engraving of a name, it's a way to pay tribute to the victims whose birthday it is. It is not uncommon to see relatives gathering in front of one of the names. The perpetual movement of the water that falls into the basin and then rises again represents both the fall of the twin towers but also the cycle of life and permanent renewal. We don't forget, but we go on living. These two basins are located exactly where the two towers of the World Trade Center used to be. The memorial is now open to the public and you can visit it, free of charge, at any time of the day. Every September 11, the American president goes there and lays a rose before observing a minute's silence. Despite the tragic events that took place there, the atmosphere is not heavy but rather soothing. A magnificent place of meditation.

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Wanderlust
Visited in may 2017
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Un endroit incroyable, chargé d'émotion et incontournable lors d'un passage à NY. Pour ne rien gacher les building sont magnifiques.
Barnabs
Visited in april 2017
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Le mémorial est tout bonnement époustouflant et très très émouvant. Les bassins et ces chutes d'eau qui plongent dans l'abîme rendent hommage à ceux qui ont été lâchement tués les 11/09/2001... silence et recueillement!
Adeul47
Visited in april 2017
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On marche, on cherche et la on tombe dessus... c'est tellement émouvant quand on pense qu'on a tous vu à la TV les
images des tours jumelles se faire attaquer et tomber. Le mémorial est en fait une fontaine qui recueille de l'eau dans un trou profond comme pour laver ces horreurs de nos mémoires. Cependant on n'oublie pas les personnes qui sont décédés et qui ont leurs noms gravés tout autour du mémorial. À voir également les nouvelles tours qui ont été reconstruite autour, ça donne une bonne perception de ce qu'étaient les tours jumelles.
clm_rnd
Visited in august 2016
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Le mémorial est à la fois simple et imposant. Il permet de se rendre compte facilement de la taille des twin towers et du nombre de personnes qui ont subies cette catastrophe.
fute_306395
Visited in july 2016
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C'est un lieu tellement empreint de solennité et de respect qu'il faut y aller pour se rendre compte de ce qu'il s'est passé en 2001. A voir et à revoir, juste s'arrêter sur un banc et méditer ou regarder les noms des personnes disparues et verser quelques larmes dans les 2 bassins...
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