Ground Zero: September 11, 2001 - September 11,
2011...
One of the most indelible memories in the collective
psyche of Americans - and the world - comes from the images of the World Trade
Center following the terrorist attacks on the United States, September 11,
2001.
Yesterday, Americans and the world collectively
remembered those who lost their lives in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania
ten years after that unforgettable day. This post (edited by Leanne Burden)
shows the transformation, of what became known as Ground Zero, over the last
ten years.
A memorial rises from the ashes of that day on
September 11, 2011.
© Paula Nelson by http://www.boston.com
Las fotos:
Photos by Space Imaging’s IKONOS
satellite showing the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York,
collected on June 30, 2001 showing the 110-stories twin towers; on
September 15, 2001 showing the remains of the 1,350-foot (411.48-meter)
twin towers of the World Trade Center, and the debris and dust that have
settled in Ground Zero, four days after the terrorist attacks; and June
8, 2002, showing the progress in the reclamation of Ground Zero where
the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood. AFP/Space Imaging.
A
man stood in the rubble and called out, asking if anyone needed help,
after the collapse of the first World Trade Center Tower on Sept. 11,
2001. More than 2,700 people were killed when Al Qaeda terrorists
hijacked US passenger jets and flew them into the twin towers in New
York. Doug Kanter/AFP.
An aerial view of the wreckage at the World Trade Center on Sept. 16, 2001. New York City Office of Emergency Management.
Workers climbed over the remains of the World Trade
Center complex in lower Manhattan, New York, on Sept. 28, 2001. Shawn
Baldwin/Associated Press.
Firefighters
made their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds
of smoke as work continued at ground zero on Oct. 11, 2001, one month
after the terrorist attacks. Stan Honda/Associated Press.
Sunlight filtered into the still smoldering remains
of Tower Two as workers riding in a basket suspended from a giant crane
hovered above on Oct. 27, 2001. William C. Lopez/Associated Press.
A major section of Building 6 collapsed as
demolition of the remaining piees of the World Trade Center continued on
Dec. 18, 2001. Louis Lanzano/Associated Press.
Recovery workers looked on as heavy machinery helped remove debris on Jan. 12, 2002. Robert Spencer/Associated Press.
Workers unfolded an American flag on May, 25, 2002,
on top of the last standing beam at the site of the World Trade Center
disaster in New York a few days before the official end of the recovery
effort. Stephen Chernin/Associated Press.
The former site of the World Trade Center, known as
ground zero, was seen from the southeast in this photo taken on June 4,
2002. Peter Morgan/Reuters.
At ground zero, a lone police officer sat amid the
rubble during a ceremony marking the one year anniversary of the attacks
on Sept. 11, 2002. Amy Sancetta/Associated Press.
Lights illuminated ground zero as the sun set over the Manhattan on Sept. 6, 2002. Vincent LaForet/The New York Times.
The original slurry wall of the World Trade Center,
showing steel old cement and the new resh cement, was visible on Nov.
19, 2003. Angel Franco/The New York Times.
Workers laid the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower
on the location of the World Trade Center on July 4, 2004. James
Estrin/The New York Times.
People looked out at the former site of the World
Trade Center on May 5, 2005. The construction of the Freedom Tower on
the site had run into numerous obstacles. Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
On the east side of the World Trade Center bathtub,
the old inbound Hudson & Manhattan Railroad tunnels, which also
served as truck ramps for the World Trade Center, were visible on July
16, 2005. Andrea Mohin/The New York Times.
A worker dismantled the T-shaped steel beam, which
gained fame as the ground zero cross, on Oct. 5, 2006. The cross was
found by a construction worker amid smoking ruins two weeks after the
Sept. 11 attacks. Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press.
Construction workers watched from a ramp as others
raised the first of three 25-ton steel columns into position before it
was bolted into place on Dec. 19, 2006, a milestone in efforts to build a
new office tower to replace the World Trade Center. Kathy
Willens/Associated Press.
Construction at the foundation of the Freedom
Towers at the World Trade Center site in New York, September 10, 2007.
Shannon Stapleton/Associated Press.
Construction continued on the Freedom Tower
foundations at the World Trade Center site on June 20, 2008. Mark
Lennihan/Associated Press.
The galleria at the World Trade Center, an
east-west underground connecting passageway between the Transportation
Hub and Battery Park City, was still exposed to daylight during
construction on Nov. 18, 2008. David W. Dunlap/The New York Times.
Friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept.
11 attacks tossed flowers into the Reflecting Pool during a ceremony at
ground zero on Sept. 11, 2008. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News.
The survivors’ staircase at the World Trade Center
was moved to its permanent spot on Dec. 11, 2008. The Vessey Street
staircase was used by many to evacuate the towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times.
The sunken pool, which marks the site of One World
Trade Center, was almost entirely framed out in structural steel, except
for its southwest corner in a January 2009 photo. Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey.
Ironworker
Eon Mathieson prepared to connect a steel beam on the fourth floor of
One World Trade Center on Nov. 17, 2009. The Port Authority changed the
name from Freedom Tower to One World Trade Center in 2009. Mark
Lennihan/Associated Press.
People watched out the window as construction
continued at the World Trade Center site on March 26, 2010, in New York
City. A new development agreement was announced after a 16-month
stalemate over building at the site. Mario Tama/Getty Images.
A 19th-century ship that has been buried for over
100 years was found on July 14, 2010, during construction at the former
World Trade Center site. Archeologists worked to uncover, measure, and
collect artifacts quickly before the ship would be buried again. Fred R.
Conrad/The New York Times.
Work in the memorial pools continued on Aug. 27, 2010. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times.
Looking up at the base of one of the cranes at the One World Trade Center on Aug, 27 , 2010. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times.
Construction continued at the World Trade Center
site with the memorial footprints of the twin towers visible on Sept.
7, 2010. Mario Tama/Getty Images.
A trumpeter played Taps at ground zero at the end
of the ninth annual commemoration ceremony on Sept. 11, 2010. Chris
Hondros/Getty Images.
People stood on the 20th floor restaurant terrace
of the World Center Hotel as construction continued on One World Trade
Center and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on July 8,
2011. The memorial features two reflecting pools on the footprints of
the twin towers. Mario Tama/Getty Images.
Clouds were reflected in the glass of One World
Trade Center on May 11, 2011. The base of the tower was supposed to be
covered by prismatic glass panels to cover the bomb-proof concrete, but
plans were scrapped. Todd Heisler/The New York Times.
Tourists looked on as the Fire Department of New
York's Ladder Company 3 fire truck, which was responsible for evacuating
civilians from the North Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11,
2001, was lowered 70 feet by crane to its exhibition space of the
National September 11 Memorial Museum on July 20, 2011. Timothy A.
Clary/AFP/Getty Images.
Construction workers lowered the Sept. 11 cross by
crane into a subterranean section of the National September 11 Memorial
and Museum on July 23, 2011. The cross is an intersecting steel beam
discovered in the World Trade Center rubble which served as symbol of
spiritual recovery in the aftermath of 9/11. Mark Lennihan/Associated
Press.
Two steel beams known as the tridents from the
original World Trade Center tower were visible inside the National
September 11 Museum during construction on July 28, 2011. Mike
Segar/Reuters.
A
flag flies over Ground Zero before the start of ceremonies marking the
10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center,
September 11, 2011. Gary Hershorn/Reuters.
The World Trade Center ceremony marking the 10th
anniversary of the attacks takes place at the National September 11
Memorial, Sept. 11, 2011 in New York. Mark Lennihan/Associated Press.
A flag flies over ground zero before the start of
the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Eduardo
Munoz/Reuters.
A framed photo of the Twin Towers sits against a
curb in honor of a 9/11 victim near Ground Zero during the 10th
anniversary ceremony, September 11, 2011, in New York. Tom Fox/The
Dallas Morning News.
