The Freedom Tower

The World Trade Center Memorial Museum has put up a display of 9/11 photos around the perimeter fence of Ground Zero downtown.
The exhibit of 52 photographs is called “Here: Remembering 9/11, and will be open to the public tomorrow. The large photos were taken by ordinary people on 9/11, 2001, before, during and after of terrorist attacks sent the Twin Towers crashing down into what first responders in New York now call “the job site.” In a related exhibit, the World Trade Center: Rescue, Recovery, Response, is a traveling exhibit heading for a European tour.
This exhibit tells the history of the World Trade Center too, the September 11 attacks, the rescue efforts, the evidence recovery operation at the Fresh Kills landfill, and the public response to these events but in a different way. This exhibit use real objects.
The exhibition includes many objects, images, videos, and interactive stations documenting this tragic chapter in New York and America’s history, from the State Museum’s comprehensive collection.
Rescue uses a timeline to trace the first 24 hours of September 11, 2001. Objects in the gallery include the heavily damaged Engine 6 pumper, recovered New York Police Department and Fire Department objects, architectural remains, several battered flags, and a large steel column from floors 7-9 of the South Tower.