11 years after 9/11: WTC memorial comes at a steep price

11 years after 9/11: WTC memorial comes at a steep price

With its huge reflecting pools, ringed by waterfalls and skyscrapers, and a cavernous underground museum still under construction, the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center is an awesome spectacle that moved and inspired some 4.5 million visitors in its first year.

But all that eye-welling magnificence comes with a jaw-dropping price tag.

Image: Visitors to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum look at one of two reflecting pools at the World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 in New York.

Images & Text: AP