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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Raymond M
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- how soon we forget - but not myself
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Diane J
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- It would be a tradegy not to return the sphere to the WC Memorial sight. When visiting NYC last year, after 20 years away, the sight of the surviving sphere was one of the most moving I saw. PLEASE put it back where it belongs, in the conditoin it survives in.
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Colleen K
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deirdre mc c
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- that is a disgrace and an insult to the people of nyc.
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Charles M
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Eileen O
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Paul C
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- Do not deny the memory of those LOST.
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Dr. Tzipora K
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Christine M
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Lorraine H
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chris
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- i have a high school friend that died and some of my family worked at a nearby hospital where victims were treated. it may not be important to either of you, but it is not about either one of you. it is about the victims and the heros of 9/11. don't be selfish. if you move this sphere, then we are the victims all over again. put it where it belongs. stop being politicians and be human beings. do what is right.
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Sarah K
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Anita LaFond K
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- The sphere was a beautiful part of the World Trade Center. It belongs back at the World Trade Center to honor the lives of all who gave their life on 9/11.
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alison o
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- are you kidding me?!?!
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Keith S
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Bridgette F
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Jean K
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Peter B
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Yaacov S
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- when the wtc came down, almost every car on the road displayed a flag. now we are forgetting.
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lorraine v
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RUSSELL S
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Siobhan Q
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Bill C
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Dianne M
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mike n
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Dick & Shirley W
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- Keep their memory ALIVE.
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Joseph O
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George F
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Cheryl
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- Please return the WTC Sphere back to its original site
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Jane C
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Loretta B
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Dave B
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- Do SOMETHING for the American people who have lost someone at the WTC site...for ONCE !!!
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Dennis B
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- Get real!!
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George S
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Keith D
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Michael L
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- Gone, but never forgotten!
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William D
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