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One World Trade Center ready to re-shape Manhattan skyline

The Guardian has released new pictures of the structure that will replace New York City’s Twin Towers, slated to be finished later this year and to be ready for occupancy in 2013. The One World Trade Center skyscraper will become the tallest structure in the city today, rising above the Empire State Building.

Scenes from the 9/11 memorial in New York City

Nine years later, the pain and sadness are still in the air. Stopping by Zucotti Park to commemorate the tragedy and listen to the names of the victims being recalled out loud, each with a story, it’s enough to make your heart break. Dignitaries, strangers, heroes of 9/11, and the affected families quietly listen to the litany of names and ponder how this great city lost its innocence, how it suddenly came to feel vulnerable as never before, yet not defeated or broken.