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.

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  • Jenna Tinley M
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    • Please return the sphere as promised to where it belongs... at the World Trade Center site and memorial..
  • Pamela D
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  • Judith J
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    • It always has been a symbol of the World Trade Center and should be included in the memorial as reminder of that horrific day when the world stood still and our hearts we broken as the sphere is broken but still standing.
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    • Do the right thing and return the sphere to Ground Zero for all Americans!!!!!!! I could care less that it does not go with the "new image" the builder wants !!!
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    • Ahmen
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  • Apurva
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    • Save the WTC
  • Colleen C
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  • TERRY S
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    • The proper place for the sphere, is Ground Zero.
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  • Steve G
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    • are you really that ignorant, or just one smug liberal who knows what is best for those who lost loved ones and friends on 9-11
  • Agostino V
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    • Please return the sphere to it's home
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  • BOBBIE G. C
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    • It should be put back where it sat before!!
  • annette a
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  • Patricia S
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    • The WTC Memorial is not for the tourists, it is for New Yorkers like myself who survived the attacks. Return the sphere to where it rightfully belongs.
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