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Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
I think it was derived from the term used for the exact spot of a nuclear detonation.
While all four airplane crashes were far less severe than a nuclear detonation (I was actually thanking God that it was only airplanes as I was evacuating from my home on that day,) the fires at "Ground Zero" burned for months, at over a thousand degrees. The site's sights and smells evoked the phrase "Hell on Earth" by many locals, and world leaders. It was so horrific, for so long, that it was the focal point for where 9-11 started. "Ground Zero" just seems appropriate. Also, its a lot easier to say than the "former World Trade Center site."
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I work only 2 blocks away from Ground Zero (had to be relocated for 6 months after 9/11). Let me tell you - the smell was nothing short of HORRIFIC!!!! You could smell it from blocks and blocks.
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