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Now we no longer have to wonder what's happening at the World Trade Center site. After years of delays and stagnation, construction is moving forward at a hectic pace, as 3,500 workers each day build two skyscrapers, a train station, a memorial and a museum.

With the opening of the eight-acre 9/11 Memorial, we saw enormous waterfalls thundering down into pools marking the footprint of the original Twin Towers, all surrounded by bronze panels inscribed with the victims' names.

More than 225 swamp white oak trees cast their shadow on the expansive memorial plaza, and visitors can tilt their heads to see the top of the still-rising One World Trade Center.

Noel O'Callaghan of Douglas in Cork, Ireland, sent us this poem.

The New World Trade Centre

It's the tenth Anniversary
Of that infamous attack
And New York City
Has now bounced back

They cleared the site
For the structure
Of a new designed
World Trade Centre

Out of the ashes
A new tower has emerged
In memory of all
The people who perished

To boost the morale
Of the citizens of America
To show their defiance
Against the fanatical Al Qaeda

For the world to see
Just how they feel
The have the courage
And have the zeal.

© Noel O'Callaghan