Tribute in Light September 11

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Tribute in Light consists of 88 searchlights that together form two vertical columns of blue light, reminiscent of the fallen Twin Towers. Placed next to the site of the World Trade Center, they're a way for all of us to remember the thousands of victims of the September 11 attacks.

Tribute in Light was first presented on March 11, 2002, six months after the attacks, and MAS has presented it annually since. Comprising eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares that echo the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers, Tribute in Light is assembled each year on a roof near the World Trade Center site. The illuminated memorial reaches 4 miles into the sky and is the strongest shaft of light ever projected from earth into the night sky.