New York – WTC Memorial To Reopen To Public After Superstorm

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    Sandbags remain around the perimeter of the World Trade Center Memorial and construction site after the memorial was closed by flooding in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in New York. Joe Daniels, president of the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum, said that water that rushed into the site has been pumped out and the memorial will reopen to the public Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)New York – The World Trade Center memorial is reopening to the public now that damage from Superstorm Sandy has been taken care of.

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    National September 11 Memorial & Museum president Joe Daniels said Monday water that rushed into the lower Manhattan site has been pumped out.

    Parts of the visitor center and a private entrance room for victims’ families were damaged by 4 feet of water, as was some of the under-construction museum. But Daniels says “the most sacred” point of the memorial remains intact — the reflective fountains ringed by the names of the dead.

    A tree that made it through the Sept. 11 terror attack also survived the storm.

    The memorial reopens Tuesday morning.


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    11 years ago

    A totally overblown memorial. The US Parks department spends more money on this place than all the other national parks combined.
    What is it?
    Two outdoor fountains.
    With the water flowing in instead of out.