The 9/11 terrorist attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn wiped the towers off from the skyline.
New York will mark the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2011, with ceremonies.
Ten years down the line, one under-construction World Trade Center stands near the site of the former World Trade Center complex in New York's Lower Manhattan.
The former site is now dedicated to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum that features two enormous waterfalls and reflecting pools, each about an acre in size, set within the footprints of the twin towers.
According to the 9/11 Memorial official site, the nearly 3,000 names of the men, women, and children killed in the attack of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center are inscribed in bronze on parapets surrounding the “twin Memorial pools.”
The memorial is scheduled to be dedicated on the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Press “Start” to view the World Trade Center’s photos before and after the attack and what lies there today, ten years later.
A combination photo shows three file pictures from September 20, 2000 (L), September 11, 2001 (M) and October 13, 2001 (R) of the Brooklyn Bridge and the financial district with (L) and without (R) the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The middle picture shows the second tower of the World Trade Center bursting into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York on September 11, 2001. The Brooklyn bridge is seen in the foreground. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. REUTERSSmoke from the remains of New York's World Trade Center (L) shrouds lower Manhattan as a lone seagull flies overhead in a photograph taken across New York Harbor from Jersey City, New Jersey, in this September 12, 2001 file picture (L). The under-construction One World Trade Center (R) stands tall on New York's Lower Manhattan skyline behind the Statue of Liberty as seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, August 6, 2011.Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed May 1, 2011, in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan and his body was recovered, President Barack Obama said on May 1, 2011. "Justice has been done," Obama said in a dramatic, late-night White House speech announcing the death of the elusive mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000 people. REUTERSThe "Tribute in Lights" illuminates the sky over lower Manhattan on the ninth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2010 (Top). The under-construction One World Trade Center (Down) stands tall on New York's Lower Manhattan skyline August 24, 2011. New York will mark the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center with ceremonies on September 11, 2011. REUTERSThe "Tribute in Lights" illuminates the sky over lower Manhattan on the ninth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2010 (Top). The under-construction One World Trade Center (Down) stands tall on New York's Lower Manhattan skyline August 24, 2011. New York will mark the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center with ceremonies on September 11, 2011. REUTERSThe under-construction One World Trade Center (Top) is seen as the sun sets over New Jersey in New York's Lower Manhattan on August 24, 2011. The Japanese bark Kaiwo Maru sails up the Hudson River past the World Trade Center in New York on July 4 as part of the OpSail 2000 parade of tall ships (Down).REUTERSCombination photo shows hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 as it approaches and impacts the World Trade Center's south tower bursting into flames and raining a hail of debris on lower Manhattan in New York September 11, 2001. REUTERS/Sean AdairThe under-construction One World Trade Center stands over the National September 11th Memorial and Museum in New York's Lower Manhattan on August 24, 2011.REUTERS/Lucas JacksonAn aerial view from the New York Harbor of the updated design for the 'Freedom Tower' for the World Trade Center Site. This artist rendering, which was unveiled on June 29, 2005, shows an aerial view from the New York Harbor of the updated design for the 'Freedom Tower' for the World Trade Center Site in New York. The centerpiece building was redesigned due to security concerns presented by the New York Police Department. REUTERSThis artist rendering, which was unveiled on June 29, 2005, shows an aerial view from East River of the updated design for the 'Freedom Tower' for the World Trade Center Site in New York. REUTERSThis artist rendering, which was unveiled on June 29, 2005, shows a night view from Hudson River of the updated design for the 'Freedom Tower' for the World Trade Center Site in New York. REUTERSThe under-construction One World Trade Center stands over the World Trade Center construction site and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York's Lower Manhattan August 24, 2011. New York will mark the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center with ceremonies on September 11, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonA man looks at a twisted piece of steel from the attacks on the World Trade Center at a memorial site across the Hudson River from the under construction One World Trade Center (C) in Jersey City, New Jersey August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Gary HershornA general view shows the south pool waterfall and the under construction One World Trade Center tower (rear).REUTERS/Mike Segar
