9/11 Memorial - Part II - The Tree

An interesting part of the memorial was a tree that had survived 9/11.  Here's a brief story:

"The callery pear tree became known as the Survivor Tree after sustaining extensive damage, but living through the September 11, 2001, terror attacks at the World Trade Center. In October 2001, the tree with lifeless limbs, snapped roots and blackened trunk was discovered and freed from the piles of smoldering rubble in the plaza of the World Trade Center. The tree was originally planted in the 1970s in the vicinity of buildings four and five in the WTC complex near Church Street."  

To read the full story of when the tree was replanted at the site and to see it's photo at that time, click here.  


Here is the tree when we were there -

You can see it continues to be nursed back to health: