The Freedom Tower

Trucks rolled at Ground Zero today. Concrete trucks, seventy of them, came to the site to dump more than 500 cubic yards of concrete for the core of the Freedom Tower. The concrete are for footings being poured to support the 1,776-foot tower. Construction supervisors say it will take up to two years for the building going up at Ground Zero to reach street level. The Port Authority, which owns the site, recently poured concrete to support the PATH rail center in another part of the work site. The construction is going forward despite continued protests by supporters of victims’ families who object to the project going forward while more human remains are being discovered at the downtown construction site.