World Trade Center

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREW HARNIK/THE WASHINGTON TIMES While some come to ground zero in Lower Manhattan to observe the progress on 1 World Trade Center from the nearby World Financial Center, tourists Eliza Grimond (center) and Liz Lyon (left), who traveled from England, look at the photos and dedications left to honor those who died Sept. 11, 2001.

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Construction of the One World Trade Center continues Sept. 1, 2011, at ground zero in New York. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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From the nearby World Financial Center, one can see ground zero and the cavities left in Lower Manhattan by the towers destroyed Sept. 11, 2001. Construction workers are making progress on 1 World Trade Center, the largest of four towers planned as part of the $18.7 billion ground zero project. (Andrew Harnick/The Washington Times)

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PHOTOGRAPH PROVIDED BY THE U.S. NAVY The USS New York, with more than 7 tons of steel from the World Trade Center built into its bow, is carrying families of 9/11 victims and first responders from Norfolk, Va., to New York for the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

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Families of 9/11 victims and first responders will journey from Norfolk, Va. to the New York Harbor for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks aboard the USS New York, which is bolstered by seven tons of recovered World Trade Center steel in her bow. (Image from US Navy)

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A tattered American flag recovered from World Trade Center debris is part of the Smithsonian Institution's upcoming special display of 9/11 "relics," positioned on tables rather than from behind exhibit glass. (National Museum of American History)

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Associated Press Caitlin Leavey wears a special necklace in honor of her father, a New York City firefighter who died in a rescue mission in response to the World Trade Center attacks.

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This photo by Roberto Robanne shows the impact of one of the airplanes hitting the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.

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** FILE ** The National September 11 Memorial and Museum is under construction, lower right, Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at the World Trade Center site in New York. The memorial is scheduled to open to the public in time for the 10th anniversary to be held Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with first responders as he arrives for a wreath laying ceremony at the September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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President Barack Obama and a New York City Fire Dept. lieutenant carry a wreath to be placed at the World Trade Center site, in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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President Barack Obama and a New York City Fire Dept. lieutenant carry a wreath to be placed at the World Trade Center site, in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by a New York City Police officer, New York City Firefighter, and Port Authority officers, carries a wreath to be placed at the World Trade Center site, in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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**FILE** The National September 11 Memorial and Museum, under construction, is seen here May 3, 2011, at the World Trade Center site in New York. (Associated Press)

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Edward Vinciguerra (left), a structural supervisor with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, watches a 5½-foot-long fragment of an I-beam, salvaged from the World Trade Center, being loaded on a truck on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Archeologists, center, take measurements of the wood hull of a 32-foot-long (9.75 meters) 18th century boat at the World Trade Center site, Thursday, July 15, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)