Construction begins of NY’s Freedom Tower

NEW YORK Governor George Pataki declared the start of construction of the Freedom Tower on Thursday, even though work began weeks ago.

But the arrival yesterday of a small convoy of equipment from the foundation subcontractor proved to be reason enough for the developer Larry Silverstein and a bevy of US government officials to declare construction was truly under way, 21 months after the building’s cornerstone was laid.

“Hoy, vamos a construir la Torre de Libertad,” Mr Pataki declared, in response to a question from Roberto Lacayo of Univision 41 television (“Today, we are going to build the Freedom Tower”).