The 9/11 Memorial in New York City reopens one week after Sandy hits
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Hurricane Sandy caused more widespread damage than the more-deadly 9/11 attacks, but it brought the region to a standstill in much the same way. Although parts of the museum were flooded, the fountains were unscathed in the storm.
The 9/11 memorial reopened to the public Tuesday a week after Superstorm Sandy flooded the World Trade Center site.
The storm that claimed at least 40 lives in the city spared the core of the memorial: the reflective fountains ringed by the names of those who died in the terrorist attack.
"My worst fear on the night of the storm was, 'What was going to happen to the memorial, and the names that millions of people have come and touched?'" Joe Daniels, president of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, told The Associated Press.
