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Reflecting Pools
Surrounded by a plaza planted with 400 swamp white oak trees, the 9/11 Memorial's re-
flecting pools occupy the very footprints of the ill-fated twin towers. From their rim, a
steady cascade of water pours 30ft down toward a central void. Bronze panels frame the
pools, inscribed with the names of those who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001, and in the World Trade Center truck bombing on February 26, 1993.
Memorial Museum
Between the reflective pools stands the entrance to the National September 11 Memorial
Museum, its subterranean multimedia galleries documenting the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. Among the relics is the 'survivors staircase',
used by hundreds of workers to flee the WTC site. You'll also find the last steel column
removed from the clean-up, adorned with the messages and mementos of recovery work-
ers, responders and loved ones of the victims.
A limited number of walk-in tickets are available at the museum box office, but visitors
are generally required to book tickets and a time slot in advance on the museum website
to guarantee entry.
One World Trade Center
At the northwest corner of the WTC site is architect David M Childs' One World Trade
Center (1 WTC). Not only the loftiest building in America, this tapered, 1776ft-tall giant
is currently the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth tallest in the
world by pinnacle height. Its observation decks, which span floors 100 to 102, are sched-
uled to open in 2015.
Top Tips
In the museum, look out for the so-called 'Angel of 9/11', the eerie outline of a woman's anguished face on a
twisted girder believed to originate from the point where American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the North
Tower.
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