They finally found a name for it.They called it Freedom Tower, and what a fitting name for a skyscraper that is the One World Trade Center, standing as a symbol of resilience and strength of a nation targeted by terrorist.
The One World Trade Center built in Lower Manhattan, NY, replaces the World Trade Center twin towers destroyed by terrorists in 2001.
It has risen from the hallowed Ground Zero, not only as a reminder of what happened on 9/11, but a defiant symbol of power against those wanting to undermine the resolve of a nation that stands for freedom and democracy.
The timing of its completion can only be described by some as ‘poetic justice.’ Who would ever imagine that it will fall closely to the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's death?
The Freedom Tower, which started construction in April 2006, has 104 floors and with a 408-ft (124-m) cable-stayed spire added on top of the roof, the total structure now reaches the symbolic height of 1,776ft (541m), thus, surpassing the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) in Chicago, and making it the tallest building in the US.
In the shadow of the new tower is the 9/11 memorial, made up of two reflecting pools in the footprints of where the twin towers used to stand.
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