NEW YORK CITY – The annual “Tribute in Light” display is illuminating the New York City sky on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
According to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, the art installation began six months after the attacks but continued every year after from dusk until dawn on the night of Sept. 11.
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“It has become an iconic symbol that both honors those killed and celebrates the unbreakable spirit of New York,” the museum said in a statement.
The twin beams light up from the roof of the Battery Parking Garage, which is south of the 9/11 memorial, and reach four miles upward into the sky.
The museum said the beams are made up of 88 7,000-watt xenon lightbulbs that “echo the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers.”
To learn more about the “Tribute in Light,” visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum’s website here.