Visitors flocked to the New Mexico site, where the first atomic bomb was detonated, on October 21. The Trinity Site is open to the public twice a year.
“Oppenheimer” may have given the Trinity Site a boost of fame this summer, but for many history buffs, making a pilgrimage to the area is a journey years in the making. Nearly 4,000 people flocked to the Trinity Site this past Saturday, according to the White Sand Missile Range Public Affairs Office, waiting hours to visit the infamous ground zero, where the first atomic bomb was detonated.
“I’m not a warmonger or anything but I don’t think anyone should have that much power to destroy the world.” Zach Berkowitz, an 18-year-old high school student from Colorado, also had a long journey to see the site. Berkowitz and his father woke up at 5:15 a.m. on Saturday and drove an hour from their hotel to the Trinity Site, where they then waited almost two hours just to enter. Berkowitz is interested in nuclear history and has wanted to see the site for years, he said.
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