9/11 memorial plaza in NYC opens to public (AP)

[TimesTen]

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110912/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_memorial_plaza"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110910/capt.61e13f52d4ae4caeb9b1195b74590901-61e13f52d4ae4caeb9b1195b74590901-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=qZY7tgktoE1zBgJbCgORYw--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="One World Trade Center overlooks the National September Memorial, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 in New York. Ceremonies will be held at the site Sunday for the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - The plot of land known for a decade as "the pile," "the pit" and "ground zero" opened to the public Monday for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001, transformed into a memorial consisting of two serene reflecting pools ringed by the chiseled-in-bronze names of the nearly 3,000 souls lost.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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