The National September 11th Memorial opens to the public today, one day after family members of those killed in the terror attacks were able to visit the tribute for the first time.

Those who have a ticket will be able to see the area transformed from a pile of rubble to an eight acre plaza with hundreds of white oak trees and two enormous fountains where the Twin Towers once stood.

Visitors will be able see the names of the 2,977 people killed in the attacks in New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania, as well as the six who died during the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Family members were first to visit the memorial during Sunday’s tenth anniversary memorial ceremony.

Thousands gathered at the site to hear the reading of names of all those lost.

The ceremony was interrupted by six moments of silence to mark the moments the towers were hit, when they fell, and when the other planes crashed.

Family members walked along the memorial, where the names are inscribed in bronze panels.

They made rubbings of the engraved names, left flowers and gazed at the reflecting pools.

President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush both attended the ceremony.

President Obama read a passage from Psalm 46, while President Bush later read a letter that President Lincoln wrote to a woman who lost five sons during the Civil War.

For tickets to the memorial, visit 911memorial.org.

(Source: NY1)