``I don't know if we'll ever heal,'' said Roberto Brozen, 57, who lives near the southern tip of Manhattan. He said he was reminded of ``how fragile we are and how important we are to each other.''
Violinist Jennifer Koh opened the ecumenical sunrise service Thursday with Bach's ``Chaconne.'' The performance was followed by a reading of ``The Names,'' a poem by Poet Laureate Billy Collins.
``Two years later, we still ponder but cannot answer. Each life lost was a price too great,'' said Timothy Carey, president of the Battery Park City Authority, which owns 92 acres of residential and commercial property near ground zero.
Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields described New Yorkers' sorrow _ and their resolve.
``Two years are but the tiniest speck of sand in the hourglass of history,'' Fields said, ``yet the events of that day resonate so soundly that all of us to one degree or another experience a deep sense of sadness and tremendous pride together with the resolve to go forward and rebuild our lives and our city.''
