A few months after the attack on the World Trade Center, Rudolph Giuliani, then the outgoing mayor of New York City, called for a "soaring" memorial to the people who died on 9/11.
Two massive square voids sited within the footprints of the towers, it digs down — almost as if the collapse of the towers had pounded out a space to deposit feelings about that whole wretched day.
On all four sides of each void, waterfalls descend into a broad reflecting pool, irresistibly drawing your eyes, and your thoughts, ever downward.
The National 9/11 Memorial, to use its formal name. A 70-ft.-deep concrete "bathtub" scorched by the fires of the attack, might be kept open. Arad's design originally called for ramps that would lead visitors down to galleries 30 ft. below ground. There the names of the 9/11 dead would be inscribed on walls visible behind the curtains of falling water.
You might say that the final architects of the 9/11 memorial will be the people who pass through it every day.
To me the memorial is a great fit to the honor of the memory of the 9/11 victims. The fountain is never ending, which might symbolize how their memories and achievements will go on forever. On that September day in 2001, not one person knew what was going to happen. If we did know, could we have stopped it? Even tried to get the people out earlier?
9/11 will always be a burden on America's shoulders. To try and fix some of the security problems, we have stepped up security in airports all over the US. For the men and women who have fought for and tried to help this country in everyway possible, I want to say thank you so much for the hard work that you guys put into this country! You guys are the real heroes. Which leads me to say this, not all heroes wear capes.
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With poetry, the idea is to play with language, and not follow the same rules that prose does. I would like to see you break up the sentences more so it reads less like an article.
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