Matthew Hennessey(@MattHennessey):From the Rockaways in Queens, N.Y., you get a postcard view of the Manhattan skyline. I was there this weekend with my wife and daughter. As we drove along Beach Channel Drive, we passed a pair of guys with paint cans touching up the mural at the 9/11 Tribute Park. All I could think was, “How has it come to this?”

2026.09.07 12:28

From the Rockaways in Queens, N.Y., you get a postcard view of the Manhattan skyline. I was there this weekend with my wife and daughter. As we drove along Beach Channel Drive, we passed a pair of guys with paint cans touching up the mural at the 9/11 Tribute Park. All I could think was, “How has it come to this?”