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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  • FRANK DOLAN, S
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  • madeleine k
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    • It would be a disgrace to all of the families of the victims if this is not preserved. How Sad!!.
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    • NEVER FORGET!
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    • Save the Sphere
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  • Steve G
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    • It's people like Mayor Bloomberg that are bringing this country down. I believe it is part of a master plan to destroy us as free nation. Put the sphere at the WTC where it belongs.
  • Catherine D
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    • In Memory of Peter Milano
  • Mary H
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    • honoring those killed, the Sphere belongs on the site.
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  • E. Betzy P
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    • It is imperative the WTC Sphere b placed between the footprints of 1 and 2 WTC. The Sphere evokes rather fond memories of meeting my Brother, Robert Emmett Parks Jr., for lunch there as well as to enjoying the musical venues presented.
  • Betzy P
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    • In my previous signature, inadvertently I omitted that my Brother, Robert E. Parks Jr., who worked as a Bond Broker was killed Sept 11 in 1WTC/105/CantorFitzgerald.
  • Sean G
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    • The sphere needs to be put back at it's proper home.
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  • Charles M
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    • Mayor Michael Bloomberg please return the WTC Sphere to its proper place, where it stood for 30 years and where it should remain for the rest of time. " WE WILL NEVER FORGET " this day. God Bless America and our Armed Forces especially our fallen heroes so we may continue to live free.
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  • john g
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    • the sphere must be there, enough already!
  • Brian R
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    • NEVER FORGET
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    • save the WTC Sphere