September 11 attacks Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Reconstruction === {{Main|Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center|Construction of One World Trade Center}} {{Further|World Trade Center (2001–present)|World Trade Center site}} [[File:Lower_Manhattan_from_Jersey_City_September_2020_HDR_panorama_(cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[World Trade Center (2001–present)|rebuilt World Trade Center]], 2020]] On the day of the attacks, New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani stated: "We will rebuild. We're going to come out of this stronger than before, politically stronger, economically stronger. The skyline will be made whole again".<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Tess |url=http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0926/today.html |title=Rebuilding in New York |date=September 26, 2001 |work=Architecture Week |issue=68 |access-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511012010/http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0926/today.html |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Within hours of the attack, a substantial search and rescue operation was launched. After months of around-the-clock operations, the World Trade Center site was cleared by the end of May 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/05/30/rec.wtc.cleanup/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201081749/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/05/30/rec.wtc.cleanup/ |archive-date=December 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |title=Ceremony closes 'Ground Zero' cleanup |date=May 30, 2002 |publisher=CNN|access-date=November 24, 2013}}</ref> The damaged section of the Pentagon was rebuilt and occupied within a year of the attacks.<ref>{{cite news|last=Oglesby |first=Christy |title=Phoenix rises: Pentagon honours 'hard-hat patriots' |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/09/11/ar911.memorial.pentagon/ |publisher=CNN|date=September 11, 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041218040531/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/09/11/ar911.memorial.pentagon/ |archive-date=December 18, 2004 |access-date=May 29, 2014}}</ref> The temporary [[World Trade Center (PATH station)|World Trade Center PATH station]] opened in late 2003 and construction of the new 7{{spaces}}World Trade Center was completed in 2006. Work on rebuilding the main World Trade Center site was delayed until late 2006 when leaseholder [[Larry Silverstein]] and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed on financing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/22rebuild.html |title=An Agreement Is Formalized on Rebuilding at Ground Zero |work=The New York Times |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=September 22, 2006|access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref> The construction of [[One World Trade Center]] began on April 27, 2006, and reached its full height on May 20, 2013. The spire was installed atop the building at that date, putting One{{spaces}}WTC's height at 1,776 feet (541{{spaces}}m) and thus claiming the title of the tallest building in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/1-wtc-spire-bringing-full-height-article-1.1340224|title=One World Trade Center gets spire, bringing it to its full 1,776-foot height|last1=Badia|first1=Erik|date=May 10, 2013|work=New York Daily News website|access-date=January 12, 2015|last2=Sit|first2=Ryan}}</ref><ref name="Moore One WTC">{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Jack |date=November 3, 2014 |title=World Trade Center Re-opens as Tallest Building in America |url=http://onewtc.com/news/world-trade-center-re-opens-as-tallest-building-in-america |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904120549/http://onewtc.com/news/world-trade-center-re-opens-as-tallest-building-in-america |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |access-date=September 11, 2015 |publisher=One World Trade Center}}</ref> One WTC finished construction and opened on November 3, 2014.<ref name="Moore One WTC" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/3553897/one-world-trade-center-freedom-tower-opens-doors-new-york-city-911/|title=One World Trade Center Opens Its Doors|last=Iyengar|first=Rishi|date=November 3, 2014|magazine=Time|access-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Aaron |date=November 3, 2014 |title=One World Trade Center opens today |publisher=CNN |url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/11/03/news/companies/one-world-trade-center/index.html |access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> On the World Trade Center site, three more office towers were to be built one block east of where the original towers stood.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lower Manhattan: Current Construction |url=http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914070256/http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/|archive-date=September 14, 2011|publisher=Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center|access-date=September 8, 2011}}</ref> [[4 World Trade Center|4{{spaces}}WTC]], meanwhile, opened in November 2013, making it the second tower on the site to open behind 7{{spaces}}World Trade Center, as well as the first building on the Port Authority property.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-12/world-trade-center-tower-debuts-in-manhattan-leasing-test|title=NYC's World Trade Tower Opens 40% Empty in Revival|date=November 12, 2013|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=October 5, 2015}}</ref> 3{{spaces}}WTC opened on June 11, 2018, becoming the fourth skyscraper at the site to be completed.<ref name="USAToday 2018-06-10">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/06/10/3-world-trade-center-open-after-years-delays-twin-towers-site/689035002/|title=New World Trade Center to open after years of delays|date=June 10, 2018|website=USA Today|access-date=June 11, 2018}}</ref> In December 2022, the Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church fully reopened for regular services<ref name="CBS News 20222">{{cite web |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church officially reopens to public after being destroyed on 9/11 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/saint-nicholas-greek-orthodox-church-officially-reopens-to-public-after-being-destroyed-on-911/ |access-date=December 7, 2022 |website=CBS News}}</ref> followed by the opening of the [[Performing Arts Center (Manhattan)|Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center]] in September 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=2023-09-18 |title=Perelman Arts Center Opens in New York and Welcomes the World |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/arts/music/perelman-arts-center-opens.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> With construction beginning in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=June 11, 2008 |title=Late Delivery of the 2 World Trade Center Site |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/late-delivery-of-the-2-world-trade-center-site/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206052142/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/late-delivery-of-the-2-world-trade-center-site/ |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2014}}</ref> [[2 World Trade Center]] remains as of 2023 unfinished.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sayej |first=Nadja |date=2022-10-27 |title=The Latest Developments on 2 World Trade |url=https://lev.co/blog/markets/latest-development-2-world-trade/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Lev |language=en-US}}</ref> Construction of a [[5 World Trade Center]] is planned to begin in 2024 and be finished by 2029.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |date=February 11, 2021 |title=Silverstein, Brookfield Win Bid to Build Tower at 5 World Trade Center |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2021/02/silverstein-brookfield-win-bid-to-build-mixed-use-tower-at-5-world-trade-center/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213164618/https://commercialobserver.com/2021/02/silverstein-brookfield-win-bid-to-build-mixed-use-tower-at-5-world-trade-center/ |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |access-date=February 14, 2021 |website=Commercial Observer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="newyorkyimby.com">{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=February 13, 2021 |title=Five World Trade Center's 900-Foot-Tall Redesign by Kohn Pedersen Fox Revealed, in Manhattan's Financial District |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/02/five-world-trade-centers-900-foot-tall-redesign-by-kohn-pedersen-fox-revealed-in-manhattans-financial-district.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421231413/https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/02/five-world-trade-centers-900-foot-tall-redesign-by-kohn-pedersen-fox-revealed-in-manhattans-financial-district.html |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |access-date=April 23, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Christopher O. Ward]], Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Executive Director from 2008 to 2011, is a survivor of the attacks and is credited with getting the construction of the 9/11 site back on track.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twintowersalliance.com/Ward_1-30-09.pdf |title=Transcript: Friday, 1/30/09 {{!}} Chris Ward, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |website=Twin Towers Alliance |access-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512070859/https://twintowersalliance.com/Ward_1-30-09.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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