Reporter Carl Hanstke returns to Ground Zero
Posted Sep 9, 2011 05:53:50 AM.
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Reporter Carl Hanstke was in New York City after the twin towers fell 10 years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001.
He returned to Ground Zero Friday and will be reporting on remembrance ceremonies leading up to the 9/11 anniversary on Sunday and on the day itself.
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Reports by Carl Hanstke from New York City
They’ve come from all across the United States, Canada and beyond, drawn to Ground Zero to pay their respects.
Ground Zero is still very much a construction site and the high wooden fencing all around doesn’t allow the public to see much.
But for those who were here when the planes hit and the towers fell, they’ve seen enough, and 10 years later, the horror is still fresh.
“I was able to see the second building come down,” one New Yorker told Hanstke, adding he will “never ever” forget that.
“Seeing the people jumping out of the buildings, falling to the ground,” another man said. “I’m talking to you right now and I got goosebumps of it.”
“The memories will never leave; it’s been 10 years and it’s just like it was yesterday,” another said.
Sunday’s 10th anniversary ceremony will include the official dedication of the National 9/11 Memorial — the names of all the victims, including the 24 Canadians killed here, are etched in granite.
The ceremony will start at 8:40 a.m. ET and run nearly four hours. Four moments of silence will be observed at the exact times each plane hit and each tower fell.
At sunset, the dual searchlight, mounted on the ground where the twin towers once stood, will light up the sky above the city that is still trying to heal.
