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Rise of Freedom: Symbolic Design

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    One World Trade Center pays tribute to Twin Towers

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The rise of freedom now our cameras have been following the progress of the World Trade Center site for many months and we plan to be there for years to -- Tonight the symbolism behind the building formally known as the Freedom Tower.

The agency that owns the site stopped using that name years ago in an attempt to make the skyscraper more marketable.

But even with a different name world one World Trade Center still pays tribute to the buildings that once stood there.

It's replacing the hole in our skyline.

This is the marker.

Of the world trade center on the ground zero and is this from monument in the sky.

The new one World Trade Center is reached 66 floors from its base footprint.

The -- the -- is 200 back 200.

Which is exactly the dimensions of the original trade center there were some us very important significance and symbolism that we thought was appropriate.

To.

Put back into the new town.

Even today at the site you can -- tributes to the Twin Towers yeah.

Your original trade center what the glass and this regular aluminum panels on -- as well.

We picked up on that idea of that medal picks up the sun life.

Many people don't realize this but The Two Towers were different -- we've marked.

Both of those heights.

On the -- the top of the parent that thirteen 68 and another marker the lower component of that pair -- at thirteen 62.

From the roof a -- -- covered broadcast antenna will rise making tower 117176.

Feet.

A dizzying heights and also the year that America declared independence.

Raid on this transparent to digital broadcasting but what it was wonderful about it is it reflects light it's very light and luminous and so it becomes -- sculpture at the top of the building.

At the very top of -- -- a tribute to the city it is completed at the very top by a beat the because around and will be seen in about a range of 26 miles it flashes the -- and in Morse code cash.

-- it's going around so we have the letter and flashing.

For New York.

I think that we're most proud most pleased and most interested in this being any new testament.

To America's resiliency and de triumph.

What a super tall sky rise skyscraper can be in New York City.

One world trade will have a 102 floors it scheduled to open -- 113.

We'll have another report on the rise of freedom on Memorial Day and for more information or to view our entire series of the rise of free didn't go to our website foxnews.com.

Slash freedom.

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