High winds in the Big Apple have delayed the delivery of the final pieces of the 408-foot spire of One World Trade Center. Once installed, the building will be the tallest in the Western Hemisphere. It is already the tallest in New York City.

The two pieces are part of a stainless steel beacon weighing almost six tons. The spire, in total, weighs in at 800 tons and is 408 feet tall. The building will reach a height of 1,776 feet. The 104-foot skyscraper will overlook the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

The spire will provide public transmission services for television and radio broadcast channels that were destroyed on September 11, 2001, along with both of the trade center towers.

The high-rise is scheduled to open for business in 2014.

Coincidentally, a piece of aircraft wreckage was found between two buildings near the World Trade Center site. Police have confirmed it came from the wing of one of the Boeing 767s that was hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers.

Until the final pieces are put together for One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere is the Willis Tower in Chicago. The world's tallest building, rising to 2,700 feet, is in Dubai.