Ground zero skyscraper takes root
Seventy trucks rolled into ground zero to pour the concrete base of the signature skyscraper at the new World Trade Center, creating the first visible signs of the long-delayed tower.
The concrete mixers began by dropping 520 cubic yards of concrete near thin steel bars jutting from the bottom of ground zero. The base will anchor the 1,776-foot-tall Freedom Tower’s concrete core. Next month, the first steel beams for the tower are scheduled to rise.
The site has been bustling in recent months, with half a dozen projects underway, despite calls from victims’ families to halt construction because a search for human remains is ongoing.
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