`` It looks beautiful , '' President Obama says about National September 11 Memorial . The memorial is a tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000 people. It is Obama 's fourth visit to the site . According to reporters at the scene , Obama wrote on the steel beam : `` We remember we rebuild we come back stronger ! One World Trade Center is expected to be completed next year or in early 2014 .
`` It looks beautiful , '' President Obama says about National September 11 Memorial . The memorial is a tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that killed nearly 3,000 people. It is Obama 's fourth visit to the site . One World Trade Center is expected to be completed next year or in early 2014 .