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I often feel as though I live along an international highway! There are water taxis and commuter boats, NYPD and Coast Guard vessels, summer afternoon sails, luxury yachts and tug boats — and, of course, the cruise ships. Dubbed the “grandest ocean liner at sea,” the Queen Mary 2 back in 2004 almost seemed to be right in the center of my living room — and I’m on the 23rd floor. The departure of the USS Intrepid for repairs was equally spectacular, but in a different sort of way.
Eight years ago, I lived on the other side of this building, facing the World Trade Center. On Sept. 11th, my perspective was drastically different than the one I had this morning.
And though I’ve relived that story too often to count, I will gladly recount the story of the USS New York’s arrival this morning until the day I die.
This ship is a metaphor for our strength, endurance and spirit, and it says, “out of ashes, we will rise again!”
Never Forget!
(PHOTO: By Elizabeth Ortiz for CLIFFVIEWPILOT LLC)
A William Paterson grad, Elizabeth “Beth” Ortiz is Director of Human Resources at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. She took the photographs that accompany today’s USS New York articles.
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