We have heard that time heals the deepest wounds. However, for New York City and its residents, the morning of September 11, 2001, was not something that would heal ever. The entire world wept for the lives lost in the attack. Chef Vikas Khanna shared a video on his Instagram and paid tribute to the 9/11 victims while recalling the horrifying incident.
Vikas Khanna Pays Tribute to The 9/11 Victims
Chef Vikas Khanna was in the city during the attack and was working at Salaam Bombay on 319 Greenwich St. It was a few blocks north of the World Trade Centre. He recently posted a video on Instagram sharing the rainbow shining on the New York horizon and Memorial lights.
The post read that he saw a double rainbow over the city and the memorial lights hitting the skyline. It was a reminder of the dark day that they survived. He further recalled that he used to work at a restaurant just a few blocks away from the trade centre. He had arrived at the restaurant at 9:00 am to open it. Until 9.30 am, when he heard people shouting outside, he was completely unaware. The terrible day that would alter the course of history.
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Horrors Of The Attack
The attack that shook the United States of America is not unknown to the world. It was a planned strike by the hijackers who crashed planes into the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Centre. The collapse of the Twin Towers caused hundreds of thousands of tonnes of poisonous material to be dispersed across Lower Manhattan. This debris contained more than 2,500 pollutants, including known carcinogens. People who were at Ground Zero are said to have developed deadly or crippling illnesses as a result of exposure to the poisons in the wreckage.
Many memorial services and vigils were conducted worldwide in the days after the attacks, and pictures of the deceased and unaccounted-for were displayed all around Ground Zero.
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The “Tribute in Light”, a set of 88 searchlights placed at the site where the World Trade Centre towers once stood, was one of the earliest monuments.
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