9/11 Cross - New York, NY
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N 40° 42.748 W 074° 00.582
18T E 583647 N 4507311
One of many 9/11 memorials in downtown Manhattan.
Waymark Code: WMYMRF
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2018
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This memorial uses a steel beam from the World Trade Center site and shapes in into a cross. It's mounted at the St. Peter Catholic Church.
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Text on the memorial:
This Statute here is called ‘9/11 Cross, A Symbol of Hope’.This statute is located near St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church near the 9/11 memorial. This statute represents the wreckage of the twin towers forming a cross from the aftermath of 9/11. The original cross was moved in the 9/11 Museum. This cross was sculpted by Jon Krawczyk. Cardinal Egan picked him to sculpt the new cross. At the bottom of the cross is a metal book that consists of 35 pages of the victims of 9/11. Each the victims names are inscribed in the metal book. All visitors can look through the metal pages of the book to look at the victims names. This is commemoration is dedicated to those that did not deserve to have their lives ended on that tragic day, and also to commemorate those whole lost their loved ones.
Website for more information: [Web Link]
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Name of organization that built the memorial: Not listed
Physical address of memorial: Not listed
Additional coordinates: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
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