9/11 Memorial Museum Pavilion

The National 9/11 Memorial Museum opened to the public last week at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. The museum displays artifacts associated with the events of 9/11, while presenting stories of loss and recovery. The glass exterior features an image of the original Twin Towers.

"De Oppresso Liber" - A New Sculpture of American Special Forces Soldier on Horseback Unveiled Near One World Trade Center

A new 16-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a Special Operations soldier on horseback was unveiled last week at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. The bronze statue is a memorial to the troops who led the American invasion of Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Known as “De Oppresso Liber,” a motto of the Army Special Forces, the statue honors Special Forces soldiers who rode horses across the rocky terrain of northern Afghanistan alongside operatives from the Central Intelligence Agency and members of the anti-Taliban coalition known as the Northern Alliance. The soldiers helped guide air attacks on Taliban positions and captured hundreds of enemy fighters. The statue is temporarily installed near One World Trade Center and the PATH train station. 

September 11, 2010 "Tribute In Light"

The searchlights are installed on the roof of the Battery Park Parking Garage, two blocks from the World Trade Center site.

Tribute in Light - Assembling the Lights from MAS on Vimeo.

Tribute In Light is an art installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the World Trade Center site to create two vertical columns of light in memory of those who lost their lives  on September 11, and to symbolize the spirit of New York City. The beams of light also evoke the twin towers that were destroyed during the terrorist attacks. It initially ran as a temporary installation from March 11 to April 14, 2002, and was launched again in 2003 to mark the second anniversary of the attack. As of 2010, it has been repeated every year on September 11. The creative team behind the tribute consists of architects John Bennett and Gustavo Bonevardi, artists Julian LaVerdiere and Paul Myoda, architect Richard nash Gould, and lighting designer Paul Marantz. 

REMEMBERING Septtember 11, 2001

Photo above shows the World Trade Center site taken last September 9, 2007. Although the 6th anniversary rites were not held at the WTC site this year, families of those who died during the September 11 attacks were allowed to descend the Pit at Ground Zero to leave roses at makeshift reflecting pools.