Save the WTC Sphere
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SAVE THE WTC SPHERE
The bronze globe sculpture The Sphere was created by artist Frtiz Koenig. It stood as the centerpiece of the World Trade Center plaza for thirty years as a symbol of world peace.
On September 11, though severely damaged in the terrorist attacks, it emerged intact from the rubble of the WTC. It was thus embraced as a symbol of the strength and perseverance of America.
It currently stands in Battery Park, about a half mile south of Ground Zero. It was installed there with much ceremony on March 11, 2002, the sixth month anniversary of the attacks, as a temporary memorial. There was full intent at the time, and the 9/11 families were promised, that the Sphere would be returned as the centerpiece of the future 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center.
Instead, however, the Sphere, the only remaining intact remnant of the WTC has been banned from Ground Zero and the national Sept. 11 memorial.
The designers of the memorial have ruled that it CANNOT be returned. In order, they said, to protect the integrity of the design.
The memorial design will include over 500 trees. Mayor Bloomberg and his deputy mayor, Patricia Harris, will not permit any of those trees to be cleared to create a proper space that allows the return of the Sphere and respects its history and significance.
At Ground Zero, landscaping takes precedence over 9/11.
This is a denial of history. It is an affront against the American spirit that triumphed 9/11; it is an assault upon truth and memory. It betrays the memory of the innocents slaughtered there.
America has no more vital historical artifact than the WTC Sphere. We DEMAND the return of the Sphere as the centerpiece of the National September Memorial at the World Trade Center.
The bronze globe sculpture The Sphere was created by artist Frtiz Koenig. It stood as the centerpiece of the World Trade Center plaza for thirty years as a symbol of world peace.
On September 11, though severely damaged in the terrorist attacks, it emerged intact from the rubble of the WTC. It was thus embraced as a symbol of the strength and perseverance of America.
It currently stands in Battery Park, about a half mile south of Ground Zero. It was installed there with much ceremony on March 11, 2002, the sixth month anniversary of the attacks, as a temporary memorial. There was full intent at the time, and the 9/11 families were promised, that the Sphere would be returned as the centerpiece of the future 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center.
Instead, however, the Sphere, the only remaining intact remnant of the WTC has been banned from Ground Zero and the national Sept. 11 memorial.
The designers of the memorial have ruled that it CANNOT be returned. In order, they said, to protect the integrity of the design.
The memorial design will include over 500 trees. Mayor Bloomberg and his deputy mayor, Patricia Harris, will not permit any of those trees to be cleared to create a proper space that allows the return of the Sphere and respects its history and significance.
At Ground Zero, landscaping takes precedence over 9/11.
This is a denial of history. It is an affront against the American spirit that triumphed 9/11; it is an assault upon truth and memory. It betrays the memory of the innocents slaughtered there.
America has no more vital historical artifact than the WTC Sphere. We DEMAND the return of the Sphere as the centerpiece of the National September Memorial at the World Trade Center.
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Patti M
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Brenda G
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Barbara H
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- The WTC Sphere belongs at Ground Zero as a reminder what we as Americans want is world peach.
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John D
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Daniel S
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Rosemary C
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- The Sphere is a VITAL remembrance of the World Trade Center and belongs at the site for all time to come....it represents the resilence of 3,000 souls. s
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Tammy F
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Diana M. B
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- Please get your priorities straight and recognize the past as well as the future in the 9/11 memorial.
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brian b
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Sheila F
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George B
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Angela B
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declan m
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Margaret W
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- To us who worked their it is a symbol of our resolve and perserverance.
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Jim P
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Sara L
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- how unyielding and insensitive can the designers be
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Diane R
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Melinda B
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Eric J
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Lori C
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Timothy L
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- The sphere is to Ground Zero what the USS Arizona is to Pearl Harbor. It must be part of the memorial
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Pollyann N
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Bernard O
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Owen R
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Amy O
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Robert B
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Edward C
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- We are being erased as Americans, our beliefs and faiths ignored. Our voices slowly being silenced untill we nolonger have that voice. It is then we will cease to be who we once were. STAND UP AMERICA AND BE HEARD!
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john l
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ERIC B
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Rory N
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The Angry C
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- to my Aunt Dorothy, RIP
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Louis S
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Neil R
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George Steiner J
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- The sphere needs to go back to the original site as a reminder.
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Scott P
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James E
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- LOVE,MEMORIES AND HISTORY LIVE !!
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Muriel b
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Gerard N
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Greg B
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kevin b
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Susan T
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darcy j
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Kelli C
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MIchael M
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Barbara M
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Jose A P
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Kathleen F
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Mary Jane S
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- Save the globe
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Elaine L
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- yes the design is important and the families feelings are not the only ones to be considered BUT- the site is the last resting place for many of our loved ones- it is their only grave- everything should be represented - rebirth- and destruction and hope
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BRIGGS H
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