New York City subway station reopens after 17 years of 9/11 attack

It has been a decade and seven years since the dreadful twin tower terrorist attack happened. Thousands of lives were destroyed and economies changed, since then. The New York City subway station was completely destroyed in the attack. After 17 years, the New York City subway station has reopened for the first time to the public.

On the D day, Cortlandt Street on the 1 line was buried under debris, after hijackers crashed planes into the two World Trade Centre towers and destroyed them completely.

Turning a new leaf, on Saturday, people were welcomed into the newly renamed WTC Cortlandt station as the first train rolled in at midday.

Thousands of people were injured and more than 3000 people died in the attack.

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) chairman Joe Lhota said in a statement “WTC Cortlandt is more than a new subway station,”

He further added, “It is symbolic of New Yorkers’ resolve in restoring and substantially improving the entire World Trade Centre site.”

According to the New York Times, the new fully accessible station, has cost $181.8 million (£140.7 million) and still still requires an entirely new ceiling to be built and 365 metres (1,200 ft) of track to be replaced.

The newly renovated subway boasts of state-of-the-art technology, like a new air ventilation system to keep the platform cool, and fewer columns to help with passenger flow.

The walls of the station are adorned with a white marble mosaic, spelling out text from the US Declaration of Independence and the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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