Unveiling the national 911 memorial in New York.
The first visitors were greeted by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The Memorial honors the 2,983 people who were killed in the September 11th attacks in 2001, as well as those who died in the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993.
Antehoula Katsimatides lost her brother in the attack:
SOUNDBITE: Antehoula Katsimatides, saying: (English):
"I feel incredibly lucky to have have helped bring this to New York City and the country. And today we're going to see what the memorial is also supposed to do, which is to bring people together. Members of the public who didn't lose someone will come here and stand side by side with a stranger, a neighbor, a friend, all on the spot that saw so much pain but has absolutely been transformed."
The memorial includes two reflecting pools surrounded by grass and trees. One of the trees has become known as the "survivor tree," because it originally stood in the plaza of the World Trade Center and was later replanted in the memorial plaza.
In September 2012, the museum portion of the Memorial is scheduled to open.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.
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