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NOVAreturns to Ground Zero to witness the final chapter in an epic story ofengineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spirit: the completion of One World Trade Center, the skyscraper rising up 104 stories and 1,776 feet from the site where the Twin Towers once stood. Featuringextraordinary behind-the-scenes access to the struggles of the engineers andarchitects working on the skyscraper, NOVA goes inside the construction of thenew tower’s final floors and the installation of its soaring, 800-ton spire andbeacon. NOVA also goes underground to see the construction of a multi-billiondollar transit center whose sweeping, sinuous design is said to be inspired by the shape of a bird being released from a child’s hand. But just as construction was going full speed and the tower was rising to its near-final height, a new threat emerged: this time, from nature as the historic superstorm Sandy bore down on New York. NOVA reveals the engineering story behind theirremarkable resilience to nature’s worst blows.

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