A Solemn Sculpture in Bayonne, New Jersey

Besides all the fantastic Italian and Polish restaurants in Bayonne, New Jersey, there's another reason to visit - the Harbor View Park. It's a man-made peninsula that was formerly used by the military as a supply center during WWII and Desert Storm. Today, it's a two-acre park on the river's edge perfect for gazing upon lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty and the Staten Island ferry.

And, as a solemn reminder of 9/11, there's also a memorial called "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism" that was gifted to the city in 2006 by one of Russian's most prolific sculptors, Zurab Tsreteli.

The 10-story high sculpture is made up of a 100-foot tall rectangular bronze block with a fissure down the middle and a polished titanium teardrop hanging in the middle. The teardrop is said to represents the tears that were shed in Moscow for the 9/11 victims. Names of nearly 3,000 killed in both the '93 and '01 Trade Center bombings are etched in the base.

The city is a fitting location for the sculpture because Bayonne was a staging area on 9/11 for so many New York City evacuees. My reporter from my CBS days and I spent many hours at this location and I'll never forget the families who implored us for information when we had none to give. Their grief was unbearable.

I was in Bayonne on Tuesday for much happier circumstances - the videotaping of a spanking new luxury apartment building called Alexan View. A much nicer job, indeed.