Teardrop 9 - 11 Memorial Bayonne N J #5 is a photograph by Allen Beatty which was uploaded on April 7th, 2011.
Teardrop 9 - 11 Memorial Bayonne N J #5
To the Struggle Against World Terrorism (also known as the Tear of Grief and the Tear Drop Memorial) is a 10 story sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli that... more
by Allen Beatty
Title
Teardrop 9 - 11 Memorial Bayonne N J #5
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
To the Struggle Against World Terrorism (also known as the Tear of Grief and the Tear Drop Memorial) is a 10 story sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli that was given to the United States as an official gift of the Russian government as a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. It stands at the end of the former MOTBY in Bayonne, New Jersey and was dedicated on September 11, 2006 in a ceremony attended by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and then and current President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
The sculpture is in the form of a 100-foot tower made of steel and coated in bronze, split with a jagged opening through the middle. Inside the opening hangs a large stainless-steel teardrop, 40 feet high, in memory of those whose lives were lost during terrorist attacks in the United States. The eleven sides of the monument's base bear granite name plates, on which are etched the names of those who died in the September 11 attacks and the 2001 World Trade Center bombing.
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April 7th, 2011
