The New York Observer
| 11 months ago
Those were the words the president inscribed on a One World Trade Center-branded beam that will top the tower some time in the coming weeks. Port Authority officials gave the president a tour of the building, along with development partner and left-...
USA Today
| 11 months ago
The president, first lady Michelle Obama and lawmakers from New York and New Jersey to hail "One World Trade Center," the nearly competed first building on the site of the twin towers that fell during the attacks of 9/11. The president spoke with...
DAWN
| 11 months ago
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Thursday toured the soaring skyscraper being built to replace the twin towers destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, in a poignant visit to mark a new chapter of recovery from the traumatic attack.
Item of Millbum and Short List
| 11 months ago
The Record President Obama visited the World Trade Center site for the second time in nine months on Thursday, this time accompanied by three men of different political stripes who may figure prominently in his reelection bid. Obama toured the rising...
Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Between a campaign speech and a pair of celebrity fundraisers , President Obama put politics aside for a moment Thursday evening to pay tribute to the lives lost in the World Trade Center attack nearly 11 years ago. Obama toured Freedom Tower, the...
CNN
| 11 months ago
Kennedy International Airport in the late afternoon and traveled by motorcade to the construction site for a briefing on the building, currently 104 stories and 1,300 feet tall -- already the tallest structure in New York. He was joined by New York...
Montclair Times
| 11 months ago
President Barack Obama is venturing onto the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center site, getting a firsthand look at the skyscraper being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Obama was touring the 22nd floor...