9/11 Memorial & Museum

Since the days immediately after September 11, 2001, EarthCam has kept cameras on site at Ground Zero, documenting the recovery and rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. This live stream continues that work, showing the present-day site and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

The view includes the memorial's reflecting pools, set in the footprints of the original Twin Towers, where water falls continuously into deep, quiet basins surrounded by the names of those who died. Also visible is the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, the only building outside the original World Trade Center complex to have been completely destroyed in the attacks, now rebuilt.

Watching the plaza live is a moving experience. Visitors walk slowly around the pools, pause to read names or leave flowers, and the trees of the memorial grove change with the seasons. Around the site, the towers of the new World Trade Center rise high above, a symbol of the city's resilience.

EarthCam's documentation of Ground Zero is the longest-running project in the company's history, and this camera is a respectful, continuing part of that record. Live from Lower Manhattan, courtesy of EarthCam.