At the end of September 2011, I went to New York City for my first time.

I spent a good portion of the 10th anniversary of September 11 reliving the infamous events and I really had no intention of going down to Ground Zero. I did look online to see if I could get a ticket into the 9/11 Memorial, but once I discovered that tickets weren't available until late October, I scrubbed those plans. But my coworker, Jennifer, said I "had" to go down to Ground Zero.

So, Friday afternoon, I ju...
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