Yesterday, people headed to to Battery Park City to sign one of the steel beams bound for Freedom Tower. Dina LaFond, whose daughter died on September 11, told NY1, "This is going to be part of the structure that's supporting the building. So those names are going to be forever inscribed in the way the building's actually holding up. It's not just the physics and steel that's holding the building up but people's ideas and emotions and the spiritual idea of creating a tower that will speak to the world about this site."
Daniel Liebebskind, Ground Zero's master planner who stopped by to sign a beam, told the NY Times, "This beam is not only supporting a physical building, it’s supporting the spirit of America."
Governor Pataki was also present to sign a beam and, perhaps, to make a last Freedom Tower-related visit before he leaves the office. Pataki's message: "God bless our heroes of 9/11. God bless America. We will never forget."
Governor Pataki was also present to sign a beam and, perhaps, to make a last Freedom Tower-related visit before he leaves the office. Pataki's message: "God bless our heroes of 9/11. God bless America. We will never forget."
A Port Authority police officer watches as family members of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks inscribe one of the first steel beams for the Freedom Tower December 17, 2006 in New York City.
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