Pleasant Surprises

Here is another monument to the September 11, 2001 tragedy. This one came a little by surprise but those little surprises in life are often the most rewarding.

This was a result of our NYFD photo shoot from the New York Good Bye post. 

After the embarrassment the girls went through, we talked to the guys for a bit and they said there was a really nice 911 memorial just down the waterfront. It was positioned in front of a ball park the Yankees use to practice in. The first photo was very prominent on the waterfront and gave me the initial appearance of the tail of an airplane. It wasn't until I was able to view it from a different perspective that I realized the sculpture of the monument.

Once I came around the south side of the structure I saw how the two parts were split. In fact the bracket the location of where the twin towers used to stand.

The shape is reminiscent to me of the photos of the remaining structure in the days following 911 were the parts of the building stood crumpled but listing to one side or the other.

Finally the inside walls of the structure is lined with head profiles with names of the men and women of the New York Fire Department that were lost while trying to save others.

Some of the spouses had taped photos of their husbands by their names. There was one where a baby photo was taped. No doubt this child has never seen his hero daddy.

There are no people more honorable than those that are willing to lay down their lives for another. Be it Firemen, Police, or the Military, we can not forget what these people do to maintain the freedoms we so often forget about or take for granted in these United States.

Let honor be given to whom honor is due... You all rock!

Doug