„The virus has taken so much and so many. But now the tribute will continue,“ Cuomo said.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday afternoon that the annual September 11 light installation, during which two columns of light are projected into the night sky from ground zero as a tribute to the victims of the 2001 terror attacks, is back on. Earlier this week, officials announced that the event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. „I am glad that we can continue this powerful tribute to those we lost on 9/11 and to the heroism of all New Yorkers,“ Cuomo tweeted with the announcement. The governor said that the state will provide health care personnel and supervision in order to ensure the safety of the large crew required to assemble the „Tribute in Light“ installation, which features eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs positioned on the roof of a parking garage.
