F E L I N E R S

A Memorial remembers loss

Reflecting Absence is the memorial to honour the 2,979 heroes lost in the terrorist attack on the 11th September, 2001 & Feb 26, 1993. the memorial's enormous & graceful twin voids ensure that future generations will know where the towers stood, and the names surrounding the cascading pools will ensure we will never forget each individual life taken.

Reflecting Absence, the design of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, was created by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker, and selected from a design competition which included more than 5,200 entrants from 63 nations.

ground zero - construction in progress

ground zero from a distance

Complementing the Memorial, there's a state-of-the art Memorial Museum that offers an opportunity to deepen our experience at the site.

Dynamic, interactive exhibitions including artifacts and personal effects; a resource center, contemplative areas, and innovative educational programming will convey stories of the victims and recount the experiences of survivors, responders, area residents, and witnesses.

the entrance of the gallery

some of the pictures that were on display in the museum

managed to note down some quotes displayed on 1 of the walls.. read on..

"we are breathing the death, taking them into our lungs as living we have taken them into our arms" - Hettie Jones, NYC Poet

"the air was so thick it was like breathing solid material. it was in my throat and in my eyes" - Jan Khan - NY Metropolitan Transportation Council

1 of the walls displayed images of Missing People..

there are many things done by children to show their grief through art..these above are drawn on ceramic tiles..

there's this 1 particular one that shows the Twin Towers going to Heaven..

other noted quotes:-

"people turn their grief into actions to serve others" - Father James Martin

"i watched it on tv & i thought,' so what am i going to help?', i just got in my car and drove to New York - Volunteer

this is an artist's impression of how the new building's gonna look like.. it's situated beside the 2 voids..

children's art

throughout the whole time, my heart had this heavy-sinking feeling and my eyes almost teared up as i walk through the gallery, especially with sad gloomy tunes playing in the background..

after the gallery visit, drew & i went for the Staten Island Ferry ride.. walked a few blocks down south.. walked past this sculpture of a charging Bull..

Charging Bull (sometimes called the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull) is a 3,200 kg (7,000 pound) bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that sits in Bowling Green park near Wall Street in New York City.

The sculpture depicts a bull, the symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity, leaning back on its haunches and with its head lowered as if ready to charge.

Arturo Di Modica reportedly created the sculpture following the 1987 stock market crash as a symbol of the "strength and power of the American people."

the charging bull