One World Trade Center pays final tribute to 9/11 victims on 13th anniversary Thursday Sep 11,2014

 

President Obama led the tributes to the nearly 3,000 people who died on September 11, 2001 as he spoke outside the Pentagon on Thursday - and vowed to make American even stronger 
President Barack Obama, flanked by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey, speaks at the Pentagon on Thursday as he marks the 13th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001. He paid tribute to the strength of the victims' families and loved
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President Obama, his wife Michelle and Vice President Joe Biden led the moment of silence in remembrance for 9/11 outside the White House on Thursday

 The Tribute in Light rises behind the Brooklyn Bridge and buildings adjacent to the World Trade Center complex on Wednesday evening

The skies over Lower Manhattan lit up Thursday night with twin beams of blue light honoring the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11 attacks, thus bringing to a close a somber 13th anniversary of the tragedy marked by tributes, name-reading ceremonies and moments of silence.

Along with the 'Tribute in Light' art installation honoring the dead, the newly completed skyscraper known as One World Trade Center shone brightly, towering over the city's scintillating skyline. 

 Former New York Gov. George Pataki visits the North Pool during memorial observances on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014

 

 

 

A firefighter looks at a memorial mural on the outside of firehouse Engine 10 Company 10 adjacent to the World Trade Center in New York. Three hundred and forty three New York firefighters were killed in the terrorist attacks