World Trade Center is back on top in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — One World Trade Center, the monolith being built to
replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks,
claimed the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday, as
workers erected steel columns that made its unfinished skeleton a little
over 1,250 feet (381 meters) high, just enough to peek over the roof of
the observation deck on the Empire State Building.

City officials and iron workers applauded as the first 12-ton column was
hoisted onto the tower's top deck. "This project is much more than
steel and concrete. It is a symbol of success for the nation," said
David Samson, chairman of the Port Authority, the agency that owns the
World Trade Center.

The milestone is a preliminary one. Workers are still adding floors to
the building once called the Freedom Tower. It isn't expected to reach
its full height for at least another year, at which point it is likely
to be declared the tallest building in the U.S., and third tallest in
the world.

Is it going to be Airplane proof?

It's so shiny. Niiiiiiiccceee.