Month: September 2021

Triumph Hotels, Washington Jefferson Hotel

Getting Back to Life

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Thankfully life is, well getting back to living. Sort of.  Not 100% but thanks to the vaccine rollout many states are coming back and New York is one of them.

One example of this is the much-loved Broadway and its shows which for so long were amiss from our lives.   First of all, an additional two shows opened (‘Six’ and ‘American Utopia’) and second, there was the beginning of the Times Square’s three day outdoor event to celebrate the return of this entertainment sector.

And the classics re-opened too: Chicago, Hamilton, The Lion King and Wicked.

In addition, the bright lights were ignited as a tribute to one of the original Waitress company of Broadway’s very own – Nick Cordero – who passed away from COVID-19 last year.  It would have been his 43rd birthday last Friday.

All of these events take place right in town, in walking distance of Triumph Hotels’ Washington Jefferson Hotel, operated by Shimmie Horn. 

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9/11: Marking 2 Decades…

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It’s almost impossible to believe that it’s been two decades since the devastation of the twin tower terror act, taking thousands of innocent lives and breaking families forever.  Truthfully it’s hard to believe it ever happened at all. 

Here we take a look at some of the ways people in New York marked this day.

Every year there is a National September 11 Memorial event in Lower Manhattan.  This year was no different and was attended by President Joe Biden and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. All 2,977 victims’ names were read aloud and the tribute featured musical performances from Kelli O’Hara, Bruce Springstein and others, in the midst of silence reflection.

Biden also went to speak with first responders and their families at the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department. In Westchester – at the Kenisco Dam Plaza – a new memorial was unveiled to the public in a ceremony held at 3:30pm on that day.  It was to honor those who passed away as a result of illnesses related to 9/11.

In the evening, the Tribute in Light at Battery Park (which were installed six months after the attacks at the end of a tribute spanning an entire month) shone across the entire area, focusing on where the twin towers once stood. There was a commemoration ceremony organized by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum as well as its online exhibition, September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World.

And of course, all throughout New York – and indeed the nation and world at large – people gathered and memorialized those who perished at the hands of terrorists 20 years ago.

We will never forget.