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1. Wide shot of New York mayor and governor along with developer Larry Silverstein and the two architects unveiling the model for "Freedom Tower." 2. Close-up shot of dignitaries posing around model of Freedom Tower 3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Childs, Architect: "It must be iconic, simple and pure in its form, a memorable form that would proclaim the resiliency ad the spirit of our democracy. And most importantly the design should have such beauty in it's sculptural form that it will be a fitting monument to those heroes who died on 9/11.'' 4. Computer Graphic, of what skyline will look like once Freedom Tower is complete 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Libeskind, Architect: "The building has to rise and soar to a height that will never be surpassed because it means something. 1776, the date of the Declaration of Independence, the greatest document ever written, the first and only document in the world that speaks of the equality of all human beings it's a global symbol of optimism, it's a global symbol of all that is good in the world. I thought, yes, that tower should be the highlight, should embrace not only the site, but should stand for the statue of liberty should show to the world a beacon of light and hope in a world which is often dark." 6. Wide shot artist rendition of Freedom Tower with Statue of Liberty in foreground 7. Wide of Patricia Reilly who lost her sister on 9/11 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Patricia Reilly, lost sister Lorraine on 9/11: "I really think the process has been backwards, I think they should have designed the memorial first and then they should have incorporated the buildings and building designs around the memorial. It's been done backwards, they decided on the buildings first and then they're coming up with the memorial design. I really think it should have been the other way around." 9. Wide of dignitaries standing around model of lower Manhattan including the "Freedom Tower." STORYLINE: Images of a new design for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center were released in New York on Friday. Images are showing site slopes gracefully into a spire rising 532.8 meters (1,776 feet). It will be the second tallest building in the world, after Malaysia's 445-meter (1.483-foot) Petronas Twin Towers. The new plan - which comes after months of contentious negotiations between designers Daniel Libeskind and David Childs - retains many elements of Libeskind's original plan but appears to smooth out its most angular elements. At a news conference to unveil the design, Childs said the tower must be "simple and pure in its form, a memorable form that will reclaim the resilience and the spirit of our democracy." The building is to be put up on the northwest part off the World Trade Center site, not on the footprint of the vanished towers. The plan calls for a cable suspension structure that creates an open area above the building's 70 floors of office space, and houses windmills to generate energy. The windmills could provide 20 percent of the building's energy. The plan follows the original, asymmetrical structure proposed by Libeskind, who was originally tapped as the architect to remake ground zero by the Lower Manhattan Development Corp, the agency charged with redevelopment. But Childs, who was appointed by leaseholder Larry Silverstein, succeeded in including a lattice structure filled with energy-generating windmills at the top of the building. Childs likened the suspension elements of the new design to the Brooklyn Bridge, with the bottom of the building "torqued or twisted." The new design retains an important part of Libeskind's original concept, an 82.8-meter (276-foot) spire intended to evoke the Statue of Liberty nearby in New York Harbor. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1b0096d3144748a811f30d2bed5b2667 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork