Remembering 9/11: The Evolution of Ground Zero

Sept. 11, 2008
The seventh anniversary fell amid a fierce presidential-election campaign. Political rivals Barack Obama and John McCain put aside their differences for a day and stood side by side to pay their respects at the reflecting pool, which, for the second year in a row, consisted of a circle with two squares inside it.

• Lower Manhattan: A History of Diversity and Conflict
• A More Distant America