Tribute In Light Returns To NYC, Honors 9/11 Victims: Where To See It

NEW YORK CITY — The annual Tribute in Light will illuminate the New York City sky on Thursday from dusk to dawn in remembrance of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

According to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, two blue beams from 88 7,000-watt lightbulbs will light the sky to represent the Twin Towers.

The beams will be viewable from as far as 60 miles away from Lower Manhattan, according to the museum.

The annual installation has taken place since March 2002.

Other buildings in New York State will also light up in blue for 9/11 including:

• Empire State Building
• Empire State Plaza
• Grand Central Terminal
• 425 Park Avenue
• Albany International Airport Gateway
• Alfred E. Smith State Office Building
• Bloomberg L.P.
• Empire Outlets
• H. Carl McCall SUNY Building
• Helmsley Building
• JFK Air Traffic Control Tower
• Lake Placid Olympic Center
• LGA East & West Parking Garage Façade
• LGA East Substation
• LGA Terminal C
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
• Moynihan Train Hall
• MTA LIRR—East End Gateway at Penn Station
• New York City Hall
• New York Comedy Club
• Niagara Falls
• The Oculus
• One Vanderbilt
• One World Trade Center
• PAC NYC
• The Phoenix at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, Coney Island
• Rockefeller Center
• RXR Realty Buildings
• State Education Building
• State Fairground—Main Gate & Expo Center
• Walkway over the Hudson State Historic Park

The September 11th attacks claimed the lives of 2,977 people.