The Emptiness of Ground Zero

In the essay "Ground Zero" by Suzanne Berne, it emphasizes how emptiness can be filled. Berne started the essay extremely dreary, "raw wind and spits of rain." Explaining all of the different people who are there to see the same thing she is. At first she thought she saw nothing, emptiness. But that nothing turned into something. The empty space where the towers used to stand is a sight of remembrance, rebuilding, and moving forward. There might have been a lot of disaster at Ground Zero, but the construction is a sign of moving forward."There is the pound of jackhammers." Although the devastation took place, it has brought other life and people together. The emptiness becomes creation and healing. The construction workers are fixing what has been torn down, and the people taken away are now being filled with visitors by curiosity. With bad comes the good, and ground zero is proof of that. While being a memorial for those who lost their lives it brings people together to remorse or just see what was lost. "And by the act of our visiting- whether we are motivated by curiosity or horror or reverence or grief, or by something confusing that combines them all _ that space fills up again."