Rebuilding the World Trade Center

Getty photographer Mario Tama’s panoramic images of the reconstruction site in New York City.

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A construction worker smokes a cigar on Liberty Street during his lunch break across the street from the World Trade Center site in New York City. More than 2,700 people were killed when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked U.S. passenger jets and flew them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Nearly 10 years after the crippling attacks on Lower Manhattan, business, tourism and new construction such as One World Trade Center have rejuvenated the formerly devastated cityscape.

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Tourists and onlookers view the World Trade Center site from the plaza of the Millennium Hilton Hotel. The hotel is across the street from the World Trade Center and suffered significant damage in the Sept. 11 attacks. It was refurbished and reopened in May 2003.

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A man and girl sit in a luxury convertible across the street from the World Trade Center site.

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Father Brian Jordan, left, and former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, center, look on during a blessing of the World Trade Center cross before it was moved into its permanent home at the 9/11 Memorial Museum on July 23, 2011, in New York City. The cross is an intersecting steel beam discovered in the World Trade Center rubble that served as a symbol of spiritual recovery in the aftermath of Sept. 11.

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A construction worker peers through a hole in the fence at the World Trade Center site as work continues on June 14, 2011.

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People take photographs of the new One World Trade Center under construction on July 6, 2011.

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Heavily armed officers from the NYPD Emergency Service Unit keep watch outside Federal Hall, the site where George Washington was inaugurated as first president of the United States, in New York City. The site is blocks from Ground Zero and across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. Security has increased in the area following the terrorist attacks.

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People look on during a blessing of the World Trade Center cross before it was moved into its permanent home at the 9/11 Memorial Museum.

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A street performer with the group the Positive Brothers performs a flip over crowd members on Church Street with construction ongoing at the World Trade Center site.

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Revelers attend a pool party on the roof of the James New York hotel in Lower Manhattan, with One World Trade Center being constructed at back left.

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The reflecting pools marking the footprints of the twin towers are seen as work continues at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center site.

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Construction continues on One World Trade Center, formerly named the Freedom Tower, on July 6, 2011. Upon completion, One World Trade Center will be New York's tallest skyscraper, topping out at a symbolic 1,776 feet, with 3 million square feet of office space.

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Onlookers and tourists view construction on the World Trade Center site from a viewing area at the World Financial Center.

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A worker puts finishing touches on a memorial reflecting pool as work continues on the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

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Construction workers take their lunch break on steps leading to the Brooks Brothers store across the street from the World Trade Center site. The store was heavily damaged in the Sept. 11 attacks and reopened on Sept. 11, 2002.

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A limousine is parked on the corner of Fulton and Church streets as construction on One World Trade Center continues.

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A couple embraces on the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City with Lower Manhattan and the rising One World Trade Center in the background.

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