|| 9/11 memorial || part two

// it was very surreal being there. everyone was quiet and respectful. all you could hear was the rushing water from the two footprints of the towers that were turned into fountains

// truly, a necessary site to see if ever you are in nyc

// one of my cousins worked in tower two. on september 11th, 2001 the lights flickered in her building as the first plane crashed into tower one. her boss got a phone call saying everything was fine and that they were to stay in their building as they were securing tower one. my cousin followed her instincts and said "no way". she made it out of tower two and saw broken airplane parts all over the ground. as she looked up at her building, the second plane came crashing in over her head. she turned around, started walking and never looked back. she saw the towers fall from the last ferry out of new york that day.

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|| 9/11 memorial || part one

// we woke up bright and early tuesday morning and headed back into the city. our cousins hooked us up with the head of security for the 9/11 memorial and he gave us all a free private tour of the entire memorial.

// notice how small the people are on the other end of this footprint. that's how massive the towers were. names are engraved on the edges of the memorial for every single person who lost their life on 9/11.

// part two coming next...

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|| monday with mom ||

// ok! i know what you are thinking, finish up with these new york posts, kerrin! you must be thinking that because i'm definitely thinking it. 

//monday, mom and i had planned to take a drive to her old neighborhood in Brentwood to see the house she grew up in  and would eventually own.

// it was really cool to see my mom in the place where she grew up, a place she hadn't been in 25 years. as soon as we pulled up to the house she got out of the car and ran over to the entryway of the house and yelled with excitement, "kerrin, grandpa put this walkway in and those black handrails by the door... and he and uncle "so and so" put that sidewalk in on the side of the house leading to the backyard!!!"

// i am pointing to my first bedroom. mom still has trouble taking pics with the iphone {notice finger}.

// we had an awesome morning of driving up and down the streets in her neighborhood.  literally, every house  we past she was like "oh kerrin 'so and so' lived here". she knew everyone in her neighborhood because they all went to school together. 

// we drove to her elementary school and her middle school . we drove past the street that lead into the woods and she said "oh that's where we would sneak out and go drink in the woods".  haha

// later that evening we visited with old family friends, the clay's and the carmels. mama carmel made her famous pizza from scratch. i don't have enough time to tell you how amazing it was!  

// amazing monday!!!

// tuesday, we headed back into the city to visit the 911 memorial...

// number of days we have been in new york: 5

// number of uncontrollable & excited "oh my gosh's" coming from my mother{see my vine feed}: 243

// number of new friends: 26

// number of slices of pizza i have consumed: 14

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