Construction is finally picking up at the World Trade Center site. Cranes have been busy installing the "The Bathtub" wall. This picture shows one of the first sections of the wall being installed on Church Street, towards the corner of Liberty Street. Photo taken February 20, 2007.
The footprints of the North Tower (foreground) and South Tower are seen during memorial services at 8:33am ET, September 11, 2006. The photo was taken from the Vesey Street overpass looking south towards Liberty Street. Between the two footprints is the ramp President George Bush, other dignitaries and families used to reach the footprints during services on Sunday and Monday.
This Ford F150 Truck was decked out as a moving memorial of the 9-11. Note Bin Laden in the cross hairs on the passenger side door.
Families read the names of those lost on September 11, 2001 on the fifth anniversary of the attacks. The reading took place just off West Street on the west side of the World Trade Center site.
New York City's Bravest stand at attention outside of Ladder and Engine Companies #10 on Liberty Street on September 11, 2006 at 8:02 am ET. Liberty Street is on the south side of Ground Zero.
The morning on September 11, 2006, 7:29am ET. The view is Church Street west towards the World Financial Center. You can see the media and television lights on the balcony of World Financial Center, below the American Flag. A Coast Guard vessel sits in the Hudson River.
The Vesey Street or "survivor" staircase at Ground Zero is viewable on the top half of the photo. The awning covering the PATH station is in the right foreground. The staircase is the only remaining piece of the World Trade Center above ground. In May, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed the staircase on its list of America's most endangered historic places. There is some controversy in regards to some that want to move the staircase. Photo taken August 24, 2006.
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