Trubute in Light
Immediately after it got dark in the evening, I tried looking for the Tribute in Light from the soccer field in front of my house. The idea of spotting it from the soccer field failed due to the cloudy weather. So I looked on the Tribute in Light website and found a location from where it would be easily visible. I hopped on the subway and made my way to 23rd street and 6th avenue. Sadly, this location had the same fate as the soccer field one did. But that did not deter me from walking down all the way to 10th street where I finally caught a glimpse of the light. The light was not clearly visible because of the weather but at least something was better than nothing. The time was 9:10 pm so I did not walk closer to the site as it was getting late. The punctum would be the light’s effect on the clouds. The light only illuminates a fraction of the sky covered by dark clouds. For me that signifies a passageway to heaven. The lights got me thinking about the void left by the towers and also the number of people that perished that day. The lights serve to remind people of that unfateful day.
