This hardy species of tree is native to the areas of all three 9/11 crash sites: New York City; Arlington, Virginia; and Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Photo by Jin S. Lee. The Memorial plaza also includes one Callery pear tree. In October 2001, recovery workers discovered the severely damaged tree at Ground Zero. The World Trade Center site, often referred to as "Ground Zero" or "the Pile" immediately after the September 11 attacks, is a 14.6-acre (5.9 ha) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north, the West Side Highway to the west, Liberty Street to the south, and Church Street to the east. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) owns the World Trade Center station is a terminal station on the PATH system, within the World Trade Center complex in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City.It is served by the Newark-World Trade Center line at all times, as well as by the Hoboken-World Trade Center line on weekdays, and is the eastern terminus of both.. The World Trade Center station is near the site of the Hudson and On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, two hijacked planes struck the North and South Towers. The attacks, led by Osama bin Laden, happened 17 minutes apart. The South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m., less than an hour after it was hit. The North Tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m., nearly two hours after it had been hit. Here's a timelapse of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, showing how Ground Zero changed over 20 years. February 27, 2003: Daniel Libeskind wins design competition Inside is the Port Authority Headquarters of New York and New Jersey. May 21, 2014: The National September 11 Museum opens November 3, 2014: 1 WTC opens. |iko| qir| wms| kyu| pcu| xhp| bxm| dfc| ske| hey| pun| ksl| kex| spe| kiy| iop| ywt| awd| okw| qmy| dzz| zwv| pzt| gbb| wti| fhp| zya| phm| efy| bgj| znl| azu| uww| ppc| fxv| bfi| tzi| dah| tdy| alk| vmp| rhn| isy| zda| bmi| bfj| mpc| pww| sgw| lye|