The Towers of Light pay a tribute to the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, destroyed in a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

Allan Tannenbaum's latest book contains chapters on 9/11 and Post-9/11
The Statue of Liberty with the Towers of Light commemorating the terror attack of 9/11/01 which destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center killing almost 3000 people. Bayonne, NJ, 23 March 2002.
The Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building with the Towers of Light commemorating the terror attack of 9/11/01 which destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center killing almost 3000 people. Bayonne, NJ, 23 March 2002.
Lower Manhattan is framed by the Brooklyn Bridge as The Towers of Light Commemorate the World Trade Center 9/11/2006