By: E&P Staff The New York Times will publish a special stand-alone print section called "Broken Ground" on Monday, marking the fifth anniversary of 9/11.
It will feature an investigative probe, six months in the making, by Deborah Sontag on the slowness to rebuild Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, and reasons for the delay. NYTimes.com will feature the section, additional stories and video.
"We always try to look at big anniversaries not just as events that mark time but as opportunities to raise big questions," said Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, in a statement. "One of the biggest questions about 9/11 is why there remains a 16-acre hole in the heart of Manhattan. Debbie answers that question in a narrative so richly reported and so vividly told that it becomes the story of New York. We're tremendously proud of it."
The statement revealed that one aspect of the story looks at Ground Zero's evolution from a horrific site that briefly united the city and the country to a "mosh pit" of competing interests in the world of Manhattan real estate and big money.
Also on Sept. 11, The Times will run two pages of updates to the paper's award-winning "Portraits of Grief," the daily series about more than 2,000 of the people who died in the attack on the Twin Towers. "The Times revisits the families of 30 of the victims, chosen at random, and provides glimpses into their lives today and how they've dealt with their tragic losses since 9/11," the statement relates. "An audio component with some of the interviews will be featured on NYTimes.com. "
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