Posted on 08/27/2002 8:11:11 AM PDT by summer
In a statement of support for Project Rebirth, New York Governor, George Pataki, said, "It is my hope that this film will serve as a reminder for future generations of how the unbreakable spirit of America rose to new levels in the aftermath of those horrific attacks."
"Many years from now our children will ask how we were able to heal from such catastrophic events," Producer Solomon added, "and we hope that our film may help to answer that question."
I don't know if any of you saw the news segment on MSNBC last night about this film project, but the footage they have already shot is incredible. I wish they had a link of it on the project's web site, and hopefully they will.
IMO, this is a theme and lesson plan the NEA should have promoted to teachers: the theme of rebuilding, of how our country heals, and how hard American people are working to make it happen.
Children are fascinated by flip books of animation, and this project is like a giant animated rebuilding of the WTC, which, when completed, will show in only 20 minutes how the rebuilding was done. Students now in elementary school will be able to see this completed film when they graduate high school.
I am truly curious: Did anyone catch this on MSNBC, and if so, what did you think of the footage and the idea?
The first 3-5 years will be awful boring as there will be NO action at all. The WTC site wont be rebuilt for 10 years. Hope they have a lot of film.
My choice for the WTC:
“… [W]e must rebuild the Twin Towers to show the spirit of New Yorkers, and to show that these terrorists will not defeat the United States. … .
“But who would want to occupy any type of space above the 60th floor of these towers, knowing that they would be at the center of a bull’s eye - the target of every freedom-hating terrorist bent on destroying our way of life? … The answer is to make the top 50 stories an atrium, a space frame of weightless steel and glass, a transparent space that is defiantly conspicuous at the same time.
“The result would be the restoration of our city’s skyline. … [T]he roof would become the most spectacular memorial possible -- a 50-story indoor space never seen before, filled with natural elements …, a place to reflect, be amazed and be humbled, with the names of every victim permanently memorialized.
“And at night, the skyline would be restored with dazzling lights with endless possibilities …, a symphony of lights that would be a reminder of how many people lost their lives that tragic day. Each one of the 3,000 lights would represent a human soul, dancing in triumph. It would be a sad reminder, but also a symbol of hope - that their spirits live on, forever dancing atop of the city they loved, reminding us to be strong … ”
--Barry Bashker, R.A., in Queens, New York
I didn't see this, and I wouldn't really have any interest in seeing it. Something about it just strikes me the wrong way -- I don't like the idea of making a public spectacle of a disaster/crime scene like this.
For what it's worth, they could have gotten the same "stunning" impact by posting cameras around any major construction site in the world. In some cases it would be even better than what they're proposing here -- you could even see them demolish one building on purpose, then build another one in its place.
make the top 50 stories an atrium, a space frame of weightless steel and glass
Is this some new DARPA project? "Weightless" steel? And I thought Rearden metal sounded cool!
Yes, I am sympathetic to those who lost loved ones, but many more people die each day in accidents and murders and they don't receive one tenth of 1% of this level of attention, not to mention the compensation. After this first "anniversary" we need to move on.
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