WTC Waterfalls Ready For 10th Anniversary Of 9/11: PA
NY Daily News 8/20/09
BY Douglas Feiden
The two giant waterfalls that will thunder into the abyss where
the World Trade Center once stood will open in time for the 10th
anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, the Port Authority vowed
Wednesday.
Described as the biggest manmade falls in North America, the
twin torrents will drop 46 feet in two stages into two
reflecting pools in the inner void that will be the heart and
soul of Ground Zero.
"It's not a pit anymore," said Port Authority Executive Director
Chris Ward. "With all the progress that is taking place on the
site, it's not even Ground Zero anymore."
In testimony before the City Council, Ward said the falls and
fountains will be fully flowing by 2011 - and that 75% of the
swamp white oak trees that will grace the Memorial Plaza will be
planted.
It will be a somber place for mourning and remembrance: Each
cascade will drop 40,000 gallons of water per minute into twin
reflecting pools in the footprints of the twin towers - and each
pool will hold some 165,000 gallons of water.
The subterranean Memorial Museum, which will display 9/11
artifacts and relate the horrors of the worst day in U.S.
history, will open in 2012, Ward said.
The news about "Reflecting Absence," the memorial's official
name, came moments after City Councilman Alan Gerson
(D-Manhattan) had tough words about delays that have plagued the
site: "It's incomprehensible and unforgivable that not a single
project at the World Trade Center site has been completed," he
said.
dfeiden@nydailynews.com
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