The WTC site was still a closed-off scene of devastation.
I first came to New York in 2002, just six months after 9/11. Sixteen years on, that scar has gone some way to healing.
No one who witnessed them can forget the events of 9/11. Since that time, the area around the former World Trade Center towers has been scarred.
New York City’s downtown and financial district is changing: As it inevitably would.