"This is ground zero for the nation." Democrats in the state Senate fled to the neighboring Midwestern state of Illinois.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

A Washington landmark, Dupont Circle, became ground zero for a massive, friendly snowball fight that was organized on Twitter and other social networking sites.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Looking down 10 stories over Ground Zero, Marine Corporal Jonathan Rist said he hoped the new construction going on below would not remove every last shred of the buildings destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

In the vote Tuesday, New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission denied landmark status to the 19th century building that now occupies the site of the proposed 13-story, Commissioners ruled that the building, which is not within view of ground zero, lacks distinctive architectural or historic value.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03