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2,977 Lights over New York Harbor 🏙️ Terry Strada (family of Tom Strada): “For my husband, Tom, and for all the beautiful souls we lost on September 11, may these lights carry their memory upward and remind the world that even in our darkest hour, their light still shines. To illuminate the sky is to remind a new generation not only of all we lost, but of who we became in the aftermath, one nation united in grief, in love, and in resolve, rising together from the ashes.”

On Wednesday, September 9, a commemorative public art installation designed with voices of the 9/11 family, survivor, responder community was unveiled in the skies over New York Harbor. The free public act of reflection and unity is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation of the Arts.

2,977 lights rose over New York Harbor and rebuilt the Twin Towers at full architectural scale, one light for each life lost on 9/11, in a community gathering of remembrance.

“2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor” is given as a gift to the city of New York along with everyone whose life was, and continues to be affected by September 11. The production was made possible by Sky Elements Drone Shows, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and IDEKO who led federal and city permitting, safety and security operations.

September 11, 2001

9/11 Memorial Timeline