Below, this picture was taken just minutes before the planes hit.
Below is a view from the top of Rockefeller Center, looking South. Stature of Liberty in the distance.
Can't leave Manhattan without seeing Radio City Music Hall. This theatre opened in 1932, was refurbished completely in 1997. Below is the huge 60 ft lobby. The theatre seats 6,000 and is always sold out during the Rockette Christmas shows (6 shows a day 6 days a week, November through the first of January).
Massive hydraulics that operate the stage underneath. The Navy actually came and studied this when they were designing the new aircraft carries before WWII.
Ladies rest area outside the restroom.
Rockettes have to be between 5'6" and 5'10". They have to have training before they try out in ballet and tap. Many try out and just a few are picked. There's 80 girls making up two teams of 40 each. Each dancer has to try out every year. There's no age limit. The first of October they begin learning the new dances for the Christmas shows. Practice is 6 hours a day, 6 days a week until the shows begin in November.
Adventure took us to see a musical called "Come From Away". Cliff and I ate at Hard Rock Café near Times Square before the show. The musical was fabulous and is about how the people of Gander, Newfoundland helped find places for many thousands of people who were forced to land in Gander after 911. Several hundred flights from Europe were directed to land in Gander because the US air space was closed. We enjoyed it immensely.
After the show heading toward our bus. Lots of cops keeping us safe.
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