[MWestMom]

Or cast the statue in a grey metal. Then, the firefighters will look like everyone coming out of the WTC area on 9/11, covered in ash....all the same color, all experiencing the same tragedy...

[SuziQ]

Or cast the statue in a grey metal. Then, the firefighters will look like everyone coming out of the WTC area on 9/11, covered in ash....all the same color, all experiencing the same tragedy...

That WAS a powerful image on that day. Everyone we saw at the site of the World Trade Center looked the same, all victims of that tragedy, regardless of race.