Reflecting absence. #Neverforget. Memorial Pools, National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, New York City

Reflecting absence. Let’s never forget.

“The focal points of the 9/11 Memorial are two pools, each nearly an acre in size, that sit in the footprints of the former North and South Towers. The pools contain the largest manmade waterfalls in North America, each descending 30 feet into a square basin. From there, the water in each pool drops another 20 feet and disappears into a smaller, central void.”

📍Memorial Pools, National September 11 Memorial and Museum, 180 Greenwich St, Lower Manhattan, New York City

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[suzzanimalchannel]

I can only imagine how huge those pools are in person, if each one is the size of each tower it has to be unbelievably massive in real life. I want to visit NYC so bad. I really need to go this summer to pay my respects.

[LITTLE]

It's crazy those giant square pools are actually all we have left of the Twin Towers, simply showing the footprints. I wish I could see this in person.

[br-jjre]

One of the most important days of my life was coming here and seeing my uncles name on the placards, just to give me closure that he hadn’t been forgotten and the people had made a place for him, it’s a beautiful part of the world that’s gave life to such heartache

[davidbritten]

I'm from the UK and every time I see the Twin Towers or reflection pools, it brings tears to my eyes. God bless America ❤

[shakurdeandre]

Visiting this memorial with my mother was the most beautiful experience of my life

[roostersmechanics]

23 years and still remember as if it was yesterday to all the families fire fighters police officers and medical staff my condolences and prayers go out to all of you thank you for teaching us all that we can heal and can come together as a Nation and I promise I will Never Forget And Will Always Honor you all every sept 11 God Bless You All And God Bless America 🇺🇲🇺🇲

[TanyaHadlow]

RIP❤🌹🌹🌹thoughts and prayers to all of the families on this sad day😢

[TheWtcBros]

as a person born in manhattan and visited the world trade site twice these are amazing to see especially the cleaning process and the views from One WTC Observatory

[kanromusic]

a lot if uneducated idiots in the comments unfortunately show no sympathy towards the victims of this memorial. My heart goes out to everyone involved, the stupid roblox kids have no respect.

[billkittleman]

Man the hallowed sound of that water falling just goes right to the core of your soul 😢 .. Rest in eternal peace all 🙏

[Bryan]

No soy estadounidense, pero aun me duele recordarlo como si fuera ayer, cada que visito NYC visitó éste maravilloso lugar, hago una oracion y beso al One World Trade Center.

[VeroVilla]

QEPD, CADA PERSONA Q FALLECIO ESE FATÍDICO DIA, INCLUSIVE A LOS PERRITOS RESCATISTAS Q PERDIERON LA VIDA, EN LOS RESCATES.🙏

[enjoyerofcontent]

9/11 was the first historical event I remember. I was 6. My mother picked me up from school and rushed me home. Everyone, I noticed, seemed to be rushing home. We lived on the same street as the school so we got home within minutes. It was just after 3 in the day, so just past 10am EST. About an hour after Tower 2 was hit. I didn't see the hits or Tower 2 collapse live. Tower 2 would have collapsed only 3 or 4 minutes before we got in, so we would have seen the very first repeats of the footage. Tower 1 went down about 20 minutes later. The news was on non-stop all week. We talked about it in school. It was enormous.

I visited New York three times from 2008 to 2010 and got to visit Ground Zero in 2009, not long before I turned 14, but by then it was all hoarded off. The hoarding was still covered in posters of people. I don't have much travel planned but I'd like to get back and see the memorial site.

Love from Ireland 🇮🇪❤🇺🇸

[keepcalm]

RIP to those who died on that tragic day and also in the years following due to related illnesses from Ground Zero. May we Never Forget. 9/11/01 🇺🇸

[BengalsxXx]

i only drove past Twin Towers in like 1999 or 2000 even but I have been to the memorial pools in like 2012-2013. Im not going back there ever again. The emotional toll is too much. I miss the Twin Towers! Fuckin cowards destroyed them. Excuse my french

[albertcollins]

I'm old enough that I and millions of other people around the world watched and witnessed these attacks being unfolded .
I've seen ground level shots of the 2 memorial pools but not many Ariel shots and these gives you a realistic image how huge these towers were. I haven't been to New York, Pentagon nor the site in Pennsylvania yet, they're on my list to visit and pay our respects to those we lost and to those that moved on but not forgotten.

[Manwholikestrains]

Something i learned recently about the towers is that the footprint of both towers is exactly an acre

[mousetreehouse]

Beautiful views!
...but for some reason, I thought the bases would be bigger, more massive somehow....

[KP-wtqr]

Is it the actual location where the towers stood?

[juanjavierm]

I was there in person with my family two years ago.