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Tribute to New York City

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Statue of Liberty For several days now, I've been wondering what I would blog about today that would be appropriate for the occasion today.  I'm not a NYC native; in fact, I'm from the Baltimore-Washington area, and I'm a avid Ravens and Orioles fan.  I have no photographs of the towers, no street photography from the day of the attacks, and I can't pretend to understand the way the 9/11 attacks have affected the people of New York.  I'm just a normal guy from suburban USA. New York City In all honesty, I have only been to NYC once since the 9/11 attacks. I went with my family for a day in July 2005 [ gallery ].  We visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.  As I reviewed those photographs yesterday, I realized that this was my tribute to NYC.  To me, New York has always been a place that opens its doors to all, and the ancestors of so many Americans came here through New York City.  So on this day, it doesn't matter if you're a fan of ...