On the Independence day Sunday July 4 , New York laid the Cornerstone to the new Freedom Tower which is to be built at the site of the World Trade Center destroyed at the 9/11 terrorist attack.
At the cermony Governor George Pataki (in the centre of the panorama) of New York said
"Today we take 20 tons of Adirondack granite -- the bedrock of our state -- and place it as the foundation, the bedrock of a new symbol of American strength and confidence. Today, we lay the cornerstone for a new symbol of this city and this country and of our resolve in the face of terror."