Alexis Guilleux, edited by Antoine Terrel 7:05 am, September 11, 2021

Since its construction, the Manhattan Memorial has become a popular place for Americans, who can come and pay homage to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Become the symbol of the city's rebirth, the new financial district of New York received 14 million visitors a year before the pandemic. 

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As every year since 2001, the emotion will be strong across the Atlantic, this Saturday.

America must indeed celebrate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people.

President Joe Biden will preside over the tribute to the victims from the Manhattan memorial built at the foot of new skyscrapers, where the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) stood at the time.

A memorial, which, since its construction, has become a place of remembrance and meditation for Americans.

Europe 1 went there. 

"It gives people the opportunity to mourn"

From the edge, it is impossible to see the bottom of the two basins, and the water seems to flow there indefinitely.

Coming from the Midwest, Dave discovers the memorial for the first time.

"It's just overwhelming to read the names of all these people. It's moving," he told Europe 1. "What was done with the water at the location of the towers ... You can just imagine them rising here 20 years ago ... and they are gone. "

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In the midst of the frenzy of Manhattan, the 9/11 Memorial looks like a peaceful oasis.

Suzanne, a New Yorker, makes the trip whenever she is in the neighborhood.

"It is a very dignified, serene and peaceful place. I believe it gives people the opportunity to mourn," she said.

"It is a welcoming place for one to face deep sadness."

The symbol of the city's rebirth

At her side, her husband Barney recollects himself.

He lost two friends on September 11, 2001, stuck in the South Tower.

“For the twentieth birthday, I wanted to take the time to find the names of my friends, to think about them and what happened,” he explains.

"I am very sad, not only for my friends who are missing, but also for the state of the world."

With 14 million visitors by before the pandemic, New York's new financial district is also the symbol of the city's rebirth after a long reconstruction.

With tears in his eyes, Dave only wishes one thing: "that the youngest do not forget September 11, 2001".