Nearly 3,000 lights rose into the night sky, recreating the Twin Towers in a breathtaking tribute to the lives lost on September 11, 2001. Using drones and beams of light, the tribute formed two towering columns in the darkness, with the thousands of individual lights representing the 2,977 innocent people who were killed that day. And that’s what makes this image so powerful. From a distance, we remember the Twin Towers. But look closer, and every point of light represents a person. A mother. A father. A son or daughter. A friend. A coworker. A firefighter, police officer, first responder, or stranger whose life ended far too soon. Twenty-five years later, the skyline has changed, but their absence is still felt. The towers themselves may no longer stand, but for one night, light filled the space they once occupied, reminding us that remembrance can illuminate even the darkest moments in our history. 2,977 lives. 2,977 stories. 2,977 reasons to never forget. May their light, ...