World Trade Center reopens for business

8 Nov Japan News

Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center has opened for business marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation.

Some staffers of publishing giant Conde Nast began working at 1 World Trade Center on Monday.

The 104-story, $3.9 billion skyscraper dominates the Manhattan skyline.

The publishing giant becomes the first commercial tenant in America's tallest building.It's the centerpiece of the 6-hectare site where the decimated twin towers once stood and where more than 2,700 people died on Sept. 11, 2001, buried under smoking mounds of fiery debris.