{"id":342585,"date":"2026-09-10T05:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T05:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342585\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T05:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T05:46:13","slug":"drone-show-recreates-twin-towers-honors-2977-victims-ahead-of-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342585\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone show recreates Twin Towers, honors 2,977 victims ahead of 25th anniversary of 9\/11 attacks in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK (KABC) &#8212; A drone show illuminated the skies over New York Harbor Wednesday night as part of a tribute marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The artwork, titled &#8220;2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor,&#8221; featured 2,977 lights, one for each person killed in the 9\/11 attacks. The lights rose over the harbor before assembling into the outline of the Twin Towers at full architectural scale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The video featured in the media player above is the ABC7 Los Angeles 24\/7 streaming channel<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to organizers, the commemorative public art installation was developed in collaboration with members of the 9\/11 community, including family members, survivors and first responders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The project was unveiled ahead of Friday&#8217;s anniversary observance and was presented as a free public event focused on reflection and unity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Organizers said the aerial display was shaped by a collective of voices that included Brenda Berkman, an FDNY first responder and artist; Tim Brown, an FDNY first responder in 1993 and 2001; Terry Strada, president of 9\/11 Families United and the widow of Tom Strada; Jim Smith, whose wife, NYPD Officer Moira Smith, was killed in the attacks; and Genevieve Siller, daughter of Stephen Siller.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (KABC) &#8212; A drone show illuminated the skies over New York Harbor Wednesday night as part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[128487,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-342585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-128487","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}