In New York City, the installation is assembled on the roof of the Battery Parking Garage south of the 9/11 Memorial, rather than being at the site itself. They would both collapse soon afterRescue workers are pictured among the rubble of the Twin Towers on September 24, 2001The twin beams - representing the Twin Towers that fell - reach up to four miles into the sky and are comprised of 88 lights. The designers use 7,000-watt xenon lightbulbs, which are positioned into two 48-foot squares, echoing the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers. At the Pentagon, the Tower of Light is made up of 44 individual lights, representing the third plane that crashed. 'I hope that everyone who sees these lights, which are visible for dozens of miles, will pause to remember what happened on 9/11.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2021 06:21 UTC