Construction workers bolted a 408-foot spire into place atop One World Trade Center, symbolically capping New York's comeback from the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The spire brings the iconic building to a height of 1,776 feet -- an allusion to the year the United States declared its independence. It also makes the building the tallest in the Western Hemisphere.
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