NEW YORK — Within the first three and a half months of opening, the National September 11 Memorial had more than one million visitors. The 9/11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993. At the heart of the memorial are enormous twin reflecting pools, which are set in the footprints of the Twin Towers and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in North America. Bronze parapets inscribed with the victims’ names line the perimeter of the pools....
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