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Divernan

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Fri Sep 11, 2015, 01:59 PM Sep 2015

At a Brooklyn Cemetary, A Place of Work and an Enduring Memorial

Rest in peace, Rosa Maria Feliciano - you died far too soon.

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/11/439241030/at-a-brooklyn-cemetery-a-place-of-work-and-an-enduring-memorial
Beginning of the link:
On Sept. 11, 2001, Isaac Feliciano dropped his wife off at the subway so she could get to her job at Marsh & McLennan, in the south tower of the World Trade Center. Then, he headed to work himself — at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where he's worked for the past 21 years. When the plane struck the tower, even as far away as he was, Feliciano was still able to see the damage firsthand.

(Read the whole report at the link)
End of the report
"When I cross the bridge every morning, I see the city and it just doesn't look the same anymore. I just see that new tower there, but I can't see myself going there for no reason at all."

Whatever the name given to the site of the Sept. 11 attacks, there is just one name that matters to him — and just one site he wants to keep visiting.

"Her name is Rosa Maria Feliciano," he says. "She's buried here, so Green-Wood Cemetery is ground zero for me."

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