Although we are gone
The Family of St. Vincent's
Will Never Forget
9/11/01
It's a reminder of the role the hospital played in administering to the wounded that day, and of the hole in trauma, cardiac, crisis and emergency services left by its closing.
Like most pedestrians, I tend to walk right by the Tiles for America on 7th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue, but stopped today to take a closer look. The tiles are fading, and the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation is trying to save them.
In front of Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square, this sign responded to the recent Koran-burning story and critics of the proposed community center and mosque near Ground Zero, quoting George W. Bush:
Thanks for this, Nancy. We all need to remember 9/11 every year.
ReplyDeleteI was in Frankfurt, Germany when this happened. My strongest memory is being at Frankfurt's airport a few days later, interviewing passengers on the day flights resumed to the U.S. All at once people started slowing down, stopped talking and stood still in place. I only heard the buzzing of printers and an occasional baby. It was the one minute of silence observed across Europe.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vanessa and Terril. I was in Toronto, driving back from Palmerston public school, when I heard the news on the radio that a plane had crashed into the twin towers. It was surreal to watch it unfold on tv and think that we had just moved from our apartment blocks away from ground zero a month before.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nancy, for taking this walk for those of us who are far away, for noticing things so well, and for showing them to us. Lots of love from Boston ... M
ReplyDeleteThank you, Michelle! xox, N.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting pictures of the tiles. I didn't know they were still there. We haven't lived in NYC since 2004, but I had been wondering about that subtle tribute.
ReplyDeleteHi Jill,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. Just last weekend I was walking by the corner of Greenwich and 7th Avenues, and saw volunteers reinstalling the tiles after Hurricane Irene passed through the Village. You can read about that here: http://www.dnainfo.com/20110903/greenwich-village-soho/village-angels-hang-911-tiles-removed-for-hurricane-irene.