Two window cleaners who were stranded 69 storeys above street level when their cradle partially collapsed have been rescued.

The resurrected World Trade Centre has opened for business again, 13 years after the 9/11 terror attack – marking an emotional milestone for New Yorkers.

Rising from the ashes of 9/11, the new World Trade Centre tower has punched above the New York skyline to reach its powerfully symbolic height of 1,776ft and become America’s tallest building. Or has it?

STRUCTURAL steel for the 1,776ft tower that will be known as 1 World Trade Centre has risen 200 feet above street level in a tangible sign of ground zero progress since the September 11 2001 terror attacks.

Structural steel for the 1,776ft tower that will be known as 1 World Trade Centre has risen 200 feet above street level in a tangible sign of ground zero progress since the September 11 2001 terror attacks.