September 11, 2010 Marks Nine-Year Anniversary of World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks

September 11, 2010 Marks Nine-Year Anniversary of World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks
Originally uploaded by GlobeTrotter 2000

Today marks the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City back in 2001. Nine whole years may well have passed, but the memory of that day will always remain.

A photograph of the NYC skyline without the World Trade Center as viewed from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.

The Promenade, actually an esplanade, cantilevered over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) is a favorite spot among locals, offering magnificent vistas of the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan skyline across the East River, as well as views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge. It is a popular tourist destination for the Macy's July 4 fireworks, and for the unobstructed views of the skyline.