New York's skyline got a new king on Tuesday after the still unfinished World Trade Centre tower, built to replace the destroyed Twin Towers, crept above the venerable Empire State Building.
Workers gently maneuvered a steel column into its base atop the skyscraper's skeletal current top, bringing the total height just beyond the 381m of the Empire State Building's observation deck.
Coming on the eve of the anniversary of the killing by United States forces of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the Al-Qaeda attack that demolished the former World Trade Centre, the moment was marked by a celebration of technical prowess and flag-waving patriotism.
Mr Scott Rechler, vice-chairman at the Port Authority, which owns the site, told a press conference that the 'the most complex construction project in our history' had been 'an act of passion and an act of patriotic duty.'
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When the buildings collapsed, I was about to go to bed. So, I couldn't recognize the situation correctly.
The day after the event, A teacher who taught music said "What an awful accident it was！"
Then, I knew how serious the accident was.
In Asia, world's tallest buildings are constructed one after another.
But, Asian cities that have tallest buildings should remember that high density commercial area has to take a risk of an accident as this.
