9/11 memorial 'rusting in farmyard in insult to victims'
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The Telegraph ^ | 9/9/2013
The segment of the World Trade Centre was gifted from the US as a public reminder of the 2001 atrocity which killed 2,977 people, including 67 Britons.
But a home cannot be found for the sculpture after a number of officials across London have barred the permanent display, The Sun reported.
The piece, entitled After 9/11, has been only been displayed in the UK for 28 days since it was unveiled in 2011, despite it being gifted on the provision it remain on permanent display.
One campaigner said: "This is a national embarrassment. It's also an insult to New York and all those who died.” A New York judge had to sign off a special agreement releasing the metal, which is still held as court evidence in any case relating to the September 11 al-Qaeda attack, and London was the only capital to be gifted a piece of the steel recovered from the site.
A New York judge had to sign off a special agreement releasing the metal, which is still held as court evidence in any case relating to the September 11 al-Qaeda attack, and London was the only capital to be gifted a piece of the steel recovered from the site.
Since it was taken down from its temporary home in Battersea Park every council in London is believed to have either refused to house the 28ft high sculpture, designed by American artist Miya Ando, and or ignored requests to discuss a site.
It was originally due to be housed in Potters Fields Park next to City Hall, but the management trust that leases the land is said to have blocked a permanent display.
Since then other attempts to house it in London have failed, with sources claiming that lack of suitable sites, local objections, and calls for a memorial which include victims in other conflicts cited as justification.
It was being stored underneath a blue tarpaulin at a farm in Cambridgeshire, but has now been moved to a storage depot in Ruislip, north west London.
Peter Rosengard, the founder The 9/11 London Project which raised £250,000 to have the sculpture made and shipped to the UK, said that it was an "insult to those who died" which was causing him "great sadness".
His thoughts were echoed by former New York City fire commissioner Thomas von Essen — who led emergency services on 9/11 – who said that they were “disappointed” as they were under the impression that a home would be found.
Victims families, including Patricia Bingley, 78, whose son Kevin, 43, died in the attack, have joined calls for it to be given a prominent home as a reminder of the events for generations to come.
The campaign is being backed by the former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, who insisted it should be an “ever-present reminder of the evils of intolerance and bad religion”, historian Simon Schama and London Mayor Boris Johnson, who unveiled the piece when it arrived in the UK.
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The situation signals the prostration of Christian England to the barbarian Moslem conquerors.
2 posted on Monday, September 09, 2013 6:30:00 AM by Check6 (United States of Moronia: A nation of morons ruled by a gang of communist thugs.)
To be more precise, an insult to all of America.
3 posted on Monday, September 09, 2013 6:31:38 AM by lbryce |
