"I don't know if I'll go to the memorial any time soon," he said.
Washington is perhaps less used to the transient memorial, occupying time not space.
With the completion of the national 11 September Memorial in time for the anniversary, we expect that the real way in which New Yorkers commemorate the tragedy will be apparent – in contrast to the sensationalist hysteria of last year.
Last week, officials of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the entire project, suggested they had found a way to open the memorial in time for the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and still build the elegant Calatrava hub.
Two years ago, it was difficult to imagine how the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site of the trade center and is building most of it, could ever finish the eight-acre memorial in time for the 10th anniversary of the attack, on Sept. 11, 2011.
But Woods, who shot a 66 today, has won it the last two years, and he has also won his last five tournaments in Ohio -- the Memorial three times and the NEC Invitational twice.
For a matter of moments earlier, Cameron had led the House of Commons in sombre recognition of Holocaust Memorial Day, timed for the 71st anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The memorial, at times, became a classroom for learning how to respond to tragedy.
Prior to this week, Muirfield had been kind to Woods during his career -- he has won the Memorial five times.
Howe, nicknamed "Mr. Hockey," played 26 seasons and a record 1,767 games in the NHL, winning the Stanley Cup four times, earning the Hart Memorial Trophy six times and totaling what was then the most goals ever, 801.
