TimesDispatch.com | Forever Changed: Five years after 9/11
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Forever Changed Five years after 9/11 The Sites Ground zero is a construction pit. The Pentagon has healed and buttoned up tighter. The grassy field in Shanksville, Pa., is so quiet you can hear the wind blow, until the next tour bus roars over the ridge.
The three places where al-Qaida hijackers crashed jetliners Sept. 11 are as starkly different as they were before that day. Their raw emotional edges are worn down, and each site is being fitted for a monument. Some young people already think of the crash sites as historical sites, like battlefields of the Civil War. But the impact points are far from sterile. They still evoke strong emotions. And at the fifth anniversary, they attract a mix of visitors, from the tearful to the angry, to the jaded to the skeptical. READ STORIES: York | Arlington | Pennsylvania ————————- How we’ve changed Five years later, everyone still remembers where they were when that first plane struck and World Trade Center. They remember the smoldering hole. They say they always will. READ STORY Sidebars: face intolerance in an altered world • The attacks from a child’s view in religion swells, recedes • Crisis calls some to enlist in Guard of loyalty, love of country response fuels business • Pop culture steps gingerly at first ————————- 9/11 death breaks a family apart FALMOUTH – Life, especially life with young children, would not stand still for Cheryle Sincock’s grown daughters after American Flight 77 ripped into the Pentagon.
years since Sincock died, a daughter has married and given birth to two sons. Another daughter has divorced and made a fresh start. Sincock’s husband, Craig, has remarried, too, and moved out of the home that was too painful to live in. And a fight over nearly $700,000 in federal compensation has led to the estrangement of Craig Sincock from his three stepdaughters of 25 years, who still refer to him as Dad. Such are the new beginnings and the collateral damage of life without Cheryle Sincock. READ STORY ————————- ‘It was like the city had just kind of stopped’ What Ken Garcia remembers is what an unseasonably pleasant day it was said, while recalling the trek from his apartment in Queens to his job at a public-relations firm in midtown Manhattan. “That day happened to be one with a clear blue sky and a little bit of a breeze. It was a glorious day.” Glorious until the unthinkable happened and made Sept. 11 infamous. READ STORY
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