Knowing what I knew, Maurania III headed up to the North River–where recently she raced– could only mean one thing, especially
given her accompaniment by Ellen and Elizabeth, also wearing the canvas frocks. What it meant was that
USS New York had done its local doing and was
bound for sea. We’re two days off the one decade anniversary of
quite the tragedy.
By the way, I’m with Bloomberg on this one: please stop calling it ground zero. Let’s move on because time has moved on.
Also, for the record, we have a local election in my voting district, and I will hang up every time pollsters call and ask if I feel less or more secure now than before 9/11. It’s a stupid question. IMHO, be vigilant, but there NEVER is such a thing as complete security, although I’m grateful for those who endeavor to keep us secure.
Period. Hope you liked the fotos of USS New York leaving for sea after paying respects. Fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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September 9, 2011 at 7:39 pm
JED
That second to last shot is a beaut’.
September 9, 2011 at 8:13 pm
tugster
jed– thanks. sometimes good things about the sixth boro.
September 9, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Harold E. Tartell
Nice Coverage Will. Some beautiful photos here.
September 10, 2011 at 12:13 am
john
should we also move on from Pearl Harbor, where an act of war started? and the beaches of Normandy? etc, etc
September 10, 2011 at 5:07 am
Bob Easton
+1 for John!
Moving on is not the thing to do when we are still under attack.
September 10, 2011 at 5:07 am
Bob Easton
otherwise … fabulous photos of a beautiful USS NY! Thanks!
September 10, 2011 at 7:15 am
tugster
john and bob– thanks for reading the blog and commenting. i’ve learned from you that “moving on” is quite ambiguous, meaning different things to different folks. i never meant forgetting and going “off watch.” and “ground zero” to me WAS that place 10 years ago and for months afterward that was also referred to as the “heap” or later the “crater”. what’s down there today is healing. if you read the Bloomberg quotes in the link, you’ll get a list of some of the things that have evolved there. although construction has not finished, there is no visible sign of the attacks per se except the memorials, many of them around the city and surrounding communities and those feel appropriately “eternal”.
September 10, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Bob Easton
In that sense, I agree; moving on to restore what was destroyed, not to forget those we lost, or those who are still after us…. and it’s taken far too long. Good to see the current progress.
Not far from where I live is the intersection of Route 17 and Lake Street in NJ. (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=41.060500,-74.122550) A rise on route 17 just south of that intersection gives us a view of NYC’s wonderful “profile.” It was from there that we last saw the towers, and from there that a new tower is now tall enough to be easily seen.
Thanks once again for the daily dose of great pics.