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Route travels from ground zero up the West Side Highway, over the George Washington Bridge, up the scenic Palisades Parkway to Krucker’s Grove in Pomona, NY, Rockland County, in the beautiful Ramapo Mountains. Approximate mileage is 25 miles
The Ground Zero Independence Ride was organized by construction workers recovering the site after the 9-11 tragedy in July of 2002. Many of the union members, rescue workers, volunteers, police and firefighters, who spent months recovering bodies from the debris were deeply touched by the families of victims who stood by day-after-day in hopes of finding a loved one. By interacting with these families, recovery workers came to know and understand their grief and the personal challenges of putting their lives back together in some form of normalcy.
To these individuals who were working at Ground Zero, it wasn’t enough just to do their job. Together they organized a charitable motorcycle ride to raise money to aid families. It was their way of saying “We Will Never Forget”
Route travels from ground zero up the West Side Highway, over the George Washington Bridge, up the scenic Palisades Parkway to Krucker’s Grove in Pomona, NY, Rockland County, in the beautiful Ramapo Mountains. Approximate mileage is 25 miles
The Ground Zero Independence Ride was organized by construction workers recovering the site after the 9-11 tragedy in July of 2002. Many of the union members, rescue workers, volunteers, police and firefighters, who spent months recovering bodies from the debris were deeply touched by the families of victims who stood by day-after-day in hopes of finding a loved one. By interacting with these families, recovery workers came to know and understand their grief and the personal challenges of putting their lives back together in some form of normalcy.
To these individuals who were working at Ground Zero, it wasn’t enough just to do their job. Together they organized a charitable motorcycle ride to raise money to aid families. It was their way of saying “We Will Never Forget”