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The World Trade Center site, often referred to as "Ground Zero" or "the Pile" immediately after the September 11 attacks, is a 14.6-acre (5.9 ha) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City. [1] [2] The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north, the West Side Highway to the west, Liberty Street to the south, and Church Street to the east.
This point below the detonation is called "Ground Zero". Monument marking the hypocenter, or ground zero, of the atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima. The term "ground zero" originally referred to the hypocenter of the Trinity test in Jornada del Muerto desert near Socorro, New Mexico, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
Ground zero describes the point on the Earth's surface (its hypocenter) closest to a nuclear detonation. In the case of an explosion above the ground, ground zero refers to the point on the ground directly below the nuclear detonation. Ground zero may also refer to: The World Trade Center site in New York City, after the September 11 attacks
Volunteers quickly descended on Ground Zero to help in the rescue and recovery efforts. At Jacob Javits Convention Center, thousands showed up to offer help, where they registered with authorities. [37] Construction projects around the city came to a halt, as workers walked off the jobs to help at Ground Zero. [38]
But his pictures at Ground Zero may be his defining work. The well-traveled photographer compares his iconic photo, of Scarborough, to raising child. "You bring it into the world, you nurture it ...
The underground museum has artifacts from September 11, 2001, including steel from the Twin Towers (such as the Last Column, the last piece of steel to leave Ground Zero in May 2002). In December 2011, museum construction halted temporarily due to disputes between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the National September 11 ...
In “From Ground Zero,” Palestine’s entry for the Oscars’ international feature film category, 22 directors present cinematic diaries from Gaza, shot in between (and sometimes, during) IDF ...
Tackling climate change requires cutting carbon emissions to zero overall by mid century.