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twin towers

            September 11th affected everything. I remember 9 years ago waking up in my dorm room to the news. Something had happened in New York City. A plane had crashed into one of the two twin towers. I washed in shock as the day unfolded. Dumbfounded. Although I had never been to New York at that point I understood the magnitude of the moment. I was just starting my first year of college, I was changing. Now on this morning the world was changing... forever. The beginning of my adult life was marked by a sea change.

Now, nine years later, I find myself in New York City looking upon the skyline where the towers once stood. It reminds me of the past. I think to myself how the city would have looked on that fateful day from my bedroom window. Shocked. That day changed the world.

Today, two beams of light shoot up from the skyline to the stars. Beautiful. I take a photograph to remember that moment, and this is that photograph. Soon new towers will adorn the skyline of Manhattan. Two new towers will mark the next chapter of the American epic. Today... the lights are the beauty of the City. They invoke sadness, fear, anger... but most importantly they invoke hope... 

Hope that we can make the world a better place.

Hope for the future.

Taken on: September 11, 2010

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Camera: PENTAX K-7, f/3.5, 43mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	PENTAX K-7
Aperture:	f/3.5
Focal Length:	43mm
ISO:	800
Color Space:	sRGB
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