Today, at those three sites, people are remembering their children, spouses, parents, relatives, and acquaintances who died then.
Given the energies involved, many people were left without bodies to bury. Some victims were most likely vaporized, and New York was picking bits and pieces of others of the rooftops for years after the attack.
9/11 Memorials
For many survivors, the sites of the attack are the closest thing they have to a grave. That's part of the reason why memorials have been planned for these places.- New York World Trade Center
There isn't one yet, but someone came up with another design: "Latest Design Is Unveiled for 9/11 Museum" (The New York Times (September 9, 2008)).
(From The New York Times, used without permission.)
This one looks cool, as did the previous ones. Sooner or later one may be built. - Flight 93 National Memorial
The National Park Service is building a memorial near the Flight 93 impact site. The design is a bit unusual. So much so that some people say it's really a mosque.
(From the National Park Service, used without permission.)
If the memorial looks like the proposal's renderings, it'll be an impressive place. About the 'it's a secret mosque' idea: It sounds crazy, but there are quite a few very odd details about the "crescent of embrace." (I wrote about this before: "Flight 93 Memorial - Why Isn't This an Issue?" (January 16, 2008), most recently.)
(From the National Park Service, used without permission.) - The Pentagon
This is the only memorial that exists as something other than architects' renderings.
(From Pentagon Memorial Project, used without permission.)
More, from CNN:- "Pentagon 9/11 memorial honors victims in symbols, concrete (September 11, 2008)
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