NEW YORK (Eagle News) — The Tribute in Lights, an annual public art installation, once again shone brightly on the night of September 11 as a remembrance to honor the nearly 3,000 lost and as a symbol of the resilient spirit of New Yorkers.
The Tribute in Lights stretches four miles high into the sky, representing the Twin Towers which were attacked on September 11, 2001. The World Trade Center towers were an iconic part of the downtown New York City skyline. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
The beams of light are lit from dusk till dawn and can be seen from 60 miles away. (Photo by Bobby Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
Tribute in Lights with One World Trade Center in the background. (Photo by Bobby Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
The lights are assembled on the roof of the Battery Parking Garage, a few blocks south of the 9/11 Memorial. The beams are made up of eighty-eight xenon light bulbs and positioned into two 48-foot squares to represent the shape and orientation of the original towers. (Photo by Bobby Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
Mourners and visitors gather at the 9/11 Memorial reflecting pool. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
A young boy takes a photo of the light tribute in front of the southern memorial pool. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
Flags and flowers are placed on the names inscribed around the southern memorial pool. Names of people who were killed in the 2001 and 1993 terrorist attacks are written around the two reflecting pools. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
The southern memorial pool, reflecting absence, sits in the footprint of the former South Tower. (Photo by Joanne Soriano, EBC New York Bureau, Eagle News Service.)
