Victim Tribute

The Tribute in Light is a memorial public art display that was introduced six months after the September 11 attacks. It was assembled on a parking garage roof that is south of the 9/11 Memorial. On the evenings of September 11, from nightfall to daybreak, the display is turned on and mirrors the Twin Towers that once stood there. The two beams reach nearly four miles into the sky and are composed of eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon lightbulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares. It has become a notable site to visit. The art installation can also be seen from a 60-mile radius around the lower Manhattan region.

The 9/11 Memorial is in the lower bustle of Manhattan. It honors the 2,977 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993. The biggest attraction of the Memorial would be the two pools that are roughly an acre in size. The pools sit where the North and South Towers were located. The names of the people killed in the 2001 and 1993 terrorist attacks are engraved on bronze parapets surrounding the memorial pools. The names are grouped by the locations in which victims found themselves during the attacks. The North Pool parapets include the names of those who were killed at the North Tower, on hijacked Flight 11, and in the 1993 bombing. The South Pool parapets include the names of first responders as well as victims who were killed at the South Tower, on hijacked Flight 175, at the Pentagon, on hijacked Flight 77, and on hijacked Flight 93.

The 9/11 Memorial Museum invites people from all over the world to learn about the tragic events that transpired on September 11, 2001 and the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing. The museum gives people the opportunity to view stories of the attacks from people who experienced the events as well as the aftermath. On May 15, 2014, President Barack Obama led the dedication ceremony of the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Six days after the dedication ceremony, the museum was opened to the public. Since its opening in 2014, the museum has had guest from all 50 states and over 175 countries. To get the museum open, survivors and other advocates fought to get the World Trade Center Site and its remnants saved. In normal circumstances, things are not considered for the National Register of Historic Places until 50 years has passed, but the World Trade Center became eligible in February of 2004. During this time the World Trade Center was believed to be “exceptionally significant in the history of the United States as the location of events that immediately and profoundly influenced the lives of millions of American citizens.”