News Clip: 9/11 Memorial Visit Brings Back Memories for Lower Manhattan Residents 09/01/2011 in Miscellaneous DNAinfo GROUND ZERO — The first thing Michael Ketring did after a plane hit on 9/11 10 years ago was sprint out of One World Financial Center to his six-year-old daughter’s elementary school on Chambers Street. Tags: DNA Info Related articles Where to View the 2024 Solar Eclipse in Lower Manhattan On April 8, Lower Manhattanites will be able to view a partial eclipse covering 90 percent of the sun. CUTE ALERT: It’s Baby Falcon Season at 55 Water St. It’s birdy time! The Mysterious, Contested Etymology of the Word “Downtown” For something so ubiquitous, the origins of the word “downtown” are hazier than you might expect.