Bri Rodriquez/FEMA News Photo:
Sept. 27, 2001
Andrea Booher/FEMA News Photo:
Sept 15, 2001
The Twin Towers’ shattered facades are the visual
symbols of 9/11. They provided comfort
and resolve in the
weeks and months following the terrorist attacks. The public
was assured that these poignant remnants would be included in the
future memorial. But now the Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation wants to hide them in an underground museum.
There is an alternative. Incorporate the facades into the World
Trade Center Memorial’s design known as “Reflecting Absence.”
The Parthenon in Athens, a symbol of Western democracy, was reduced
to a mere skeleton when it was attacked on September 26, 1687.
Yet it still embodies freedom, beauty and inspiration.
Similarly, the sunken U.S.S. Arizona is forever inseparable from
December 7, 1941. Our ancestors recognized the importance of
historic remnants. We can share this same gift
generations by preserving the WTC facades.
"Save The Facades" is a nonprofit organization with the mission of
reinstalling the Twin Tower facades around the Tower footprints.
This website provides examples of what is possible.
Join the fight
to preserve history.
Photo Credits: Bri Rodriquez/FEMA
News Photo: Sept. 27, 2001
Andrea Booher/FEMA News Photo: Sept 15, 2001