Ground Zero.

America is currently doing a lot of recovering, what with the debt crisis, and debacle in Afghanistan, plus there is the redevelopment of Ground Zero. I despair, on the site they are building a new 'Freedom Tower' that will, in 2012, be the taller building in the United States. A generic quote it may be, but 'Those who do not learn from history, will be condemned to repeat it.'

'It is rehabilitation for those hurt by the terrorists and a way to heal the scar on a nation. Part of the healing process is new growth, which this tower represents. But it has been a painful process. The early designs were ridiculed.'

Says a website documenting the rebuild. How much better are security precautions 10 years after 9/11? Good enough to completely eradicate the probability of another attack? What would be even worse, is that if something similar happened again, not only would more lives be lost, and the tower destroyed, but the fountains with the victim's names inscribed into the walls would also be desecrated, it would be a grave yard once again. I understand the notion that some feel to leave the whole plot as a memorial would be too painful, but that doesn't negate the prospect of future terrorist attacks. Acceptance and reflection could be just as powerful as a physical form that shouts literally from the skyline of New York and America has bounced back. It often takes much more will power to leave something as it is, than to keep returning to it.

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