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Ground Zero

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Ground Zero
The point on the ground either where an atomic bomb has touched down or the point directly below its most intense effect in terms of heat and radiation.

Vox populi The site of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City


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This is where the crime happened," said John Watt, 39, who walks past Ground Zero every day to his marketing job.
This is where the crime happened," said John Watt, 39, who walks past Ground Zero every day to his marketing job.
The invocation of religious architecture both expressed the sacrosanct nature of Ground Zero for many and connected the ruins to western culture's venerable past.
 
 
 
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