The pools
In the towers' footprints.
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A memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, created to remember the attacks of 11 September 2001, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. Designed by the architect Michael Arad, it takes the form of two square reflecting pools set exactly in the footprints of the Twin Towers, with water pouring down their walls into a void at the centre, surrounded by a grove of oak trees. The names of the victims are inscribed on the bronze parapets around the pools. The museum lies beneath the memorial plaza and tells the story of that day and its aftermath through objects, documents and testimony. Around the site rise the towers of the new World Trade Center and the white, winged Oculus transit hub. The memorial is free and open daily 8:00–20:00, while museum tickets cost $24–36 for adults, open Wednesday to Monday 9:00–19:00, per the official site. It is a place of remembrance and reflection, so keep your voice down and be respectful.
In the towers' footprints.
On bronze parapets.
Beneath the plaza.
World Trade Center site, Lower Manhattan
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