The first memorials to the victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001 began to take shape online, as hundreds of webmasters posted their own thoughts, links to the Red Cross and other rescue agencies
2004 Tribute in Light memorial
Fritz Koenig's sculpture The Sphere
The World Trade Center cross was a temporary memorial at Ground Zero.
The Avalon September 11th Memorial Plaza, photographed in 2024.
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The Tribute in Light is an art installation in New York City created in remembrance of the September 11 attacks in 2001. It consists of 88 vertical searchlights arranged in two columns of light to rep
Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks
…The first reading of the names of the victims of 9/11 took place at the World Trade Center site on September 11, 2002. The Tribute in Light was the first major physical memorial at the World Trade Center site. A permanent memorial and museum, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at…
Tribute in Light as seen from Jersey City in 2020
The Pentagon's Tribute in Light seen from the Lafayette Square in 2021
Tribute in Light as seen from Brooklyn in 2014
Tribute in Light as seen from atop a parking garage in Battery Park in 2018