The "Survivor Tree" is a pear tree that was planted on the site of the World Trade Center in the 1970s. A month after the attack of September 11, 2001, the tree was unearthed from the rubble. It was charred, broken, and without limbs and leaves, but one man saw life.
The tree was taken to a nursery in the Bronx where, with loving care, it came back and even survived being uprooted and blown over in March 2010 during a storm.
The "Survivor Tree" has now returned home to a place of honor at the World Trade Center's 9/11 Memorial.
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