ABSTRACT

A Few Blocks East and a few blocks south of what was once the World Trade Center, there is a memorial to the victims of terrorism. It is easy to miss—just a dozen or so pockmarks the north side of the old Morgan Bank. There is no sign, no plaque, no list of names. For the past 81 years, the pitted marble wall at the corner of Wall and Broad streets has served as the sole public marker of what was, until September 11, 2001, New York City’s worst terrorist disaster.