It felt almost as if, no matter where I walked through the city, this overarching Freedom Tower, now officially the One World Trade Center, towered over me and everyone else in the area. No matter where I turned, no matter where I looked, this Freedom Tower was there, proclaiming its existence to the city’s inhabitants and the rest of the world. Rasmussen describes skyscrapers as a sword thrust into the city, and I think that perfectly describes the Freedom Tower. This tower, this sword, was thrust into the city from the ashes and rubble that was 9/11 and now it stands tall. I believe that it strongly represents New York, its city, and its people, in that although sometimes we get knocked down, we have the ability to come together and stand tall once again.

~Pun