Keywords: May 28 2002 Ground Zero Cleanup 04.jpg en New York City May 28 2002 - U S Navy sailors visiting New York during the 15th annual Fleet Week celebration render honors at Ground Zero as the final steel beam was removed from the debris site The event marked the final removal of the last remaining World Trade Center structure Column Number 1001B of Two World Trade Center The 30-foot column remained standing following the collapse of the twin towers when terrorists flew two commercial airliners into both skyscrapers on September 11 2001 The resulting collapse created a mountain of 1 8 million tons of steel and concrete More than 3000 people perished in the attack U S Navy photo by Photographer ™s Mate 2nd Class Bob Houlihan http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 1654 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Photographs taken on 2002-05-28 New York City Fleet Week New York 2002 Ground Zero World Trade Center in 2002 People in 2002 Personality rights |