BridgeCam Shot

rogue · June 23, 2006

Here's a great shot from the Crown Princess docked in Brooklyn.

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KeithnRita · June 23, 2006

That is a great shot! alt text

Joanandjoe · June 23, 2006

It's always wonderful to see the Lady. There's nothing quite like sailing past the Statue of Liberty. Awesome! BTW, if the sky looks cloudy and hazy in the picture, that's because it is that way today.

The views from the Brooklyn side of the water were one of the things we liked best about living in Brooklyn Heights from 1969 to 1974. If you can get from the piers to the Brooklyn promenade, you'll have a fabulous view of lower Manhattan. Even closer to the piers is an Italian area with wonderful food, much of it cooked in brick ovens fired by coal or wood. Your'e also close to Coney Island and the NY Aquarium.

# 1 among the things we liked: the ability to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to our jobs in lower Manhattan, until Joe got a job in midtown in January, 1974. Estimated number of times Joe walked across the bridge: more than 1,000.

TheSkipper · June 23, 2006

We are looking forward to just that view on Sept. 30th during our sail away aboard the beautiful Crown Princess.

Last time I sailed by The Lady was aboard the Zenith and we got some great video including the twin towers of the World Trade Center! :sad:

JoeyandDavid · June 23, 2006

Great picture...... :wink:

Joanandjoe · June 23, 2006

We've passed her seven times from a cruise ship, on 4 different cruises (Montreal to NYC we only passed her once.) Two more "passings" to go, on our November Noordam cruise. We've also seen her from ferries, tourist ships, the ship to the statue, the NY and NJ waterfronts, even from a party boat chartered for a Bar Mitzvah. Always wonderful to see, and a great symbol of our country.

Given the current attitude of the U.S. toward France (go, Togo, in today's World Cup match!) and vice versa, it's amzaing to think that the statue was a gift from France to the U.S. The sculptor, Bertholdi, used his Mother as his model.

Yes, it's sad to see the gap where the twin towers once stood. Although the buildings were ugly when they were standing, they were a symbol of how open the U.S. was to the rest of the world. Terrorists couldn't stand that: a country that people of all colors, religions, and nationalities loved, and wanted to visit or live in. This was the second attempt to bring the buildings down. Several people were killed in the first attack, when a van filled with explosives was blown up in the basement garage.

Even one death at the WTC would have been one too many. 3,000 deaths were an unspeakable act of infamy, which produced incredible acts of bravery on the part of the rescuers who lost their lives when the towers collapsed.