Bird's eye view of spire being set
- 11 years ago
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey released video on Tuesday (May 14) showing a bird's-eye view of the final installation of the 408-foot steel spire at the One World Trade Center.
Workers completed the spire on New York's One World Trade Center on Friday (May 10), raising the building to its full height of 1,776 feet (541 meters) and helping fill a void in the skyline left by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The spire makes the building the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, 47 feet (14 meters) taller than Chicago's Willis Tower, though it is substantially shorter than towers in the Middle East and Asia.
The skies were crystal clear, reminiscent of the weather on the day that hijacked airliners crashed into the former Twin Towers, in a coordinated attack on New York and Washington that killed about 3,000 people and left the United States on high alert for future incidents.
Formerly called the Freedom Tower, One World Trade Center is one of four
Workers completed the spire on New York's One World Trade Center on Friday (May 10), raising the building to its full height of 1,776 feet (541 meters) and helping fill a void in the skyline left by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The spire makes the building the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, 47 feet (14 meters) taller than Chicago's Willis Tower, though it is substantially shorter than towers in the Middle East and Asia.
The skies were crystal clear, reminiscent of the weather on the day that hijacked airliners crashed into the former Twin Towers, in a coordinated attack on New York and Washington that killed about 3,000 people and left the United States on high alert for future incidents.
Formerly called the Freedom Tower, One World Trade Center is one of four