还有一面墙壁上,挂满了遇难者的照片;另一面墙上贴满了参观游客的留言,特别是孩子们的绘画,颇为感人。乘坐联航 175 次航班的乘客,38 岁的布莱恩·思维内(Brian D. Sweeney)在最后关头给他的妻子发送的短信,被印在巨大的展板上面:
“Hey
Jules, this is Brian. Ah, listen … I’m on an airplane that has been
hijacked...if things don’t go well, and they’re not looking good, I want
you to know that I absolutely love you. I want you to do good, have
good times, same with my parents. I’ll see you when you get here. I want
you to know that I totally love you. Bye, babe, hope I will call you.”
从这个游客中心出来,迎面看到的是一大片工地,这里正在建造另一座摩天大楼,而且新建的大楼高度将超越老的世贸双塔。911 已成过去,纽约人正在展望未来。这座新的摩天大楼曾经被命名为自由塔(Freedom Tower),后来又被称为 1WTC(One World Trade Center 或 1 World Trade Center)。下面的左图是正在建设中的 1WTC,右图是建成以后的效果图。