"Tear drop"

"Tear drop"

This monument was made by a Russian artist, Zurab Tesereteii, as a gift to the United States, symbolizing the tragedy of the 9/11.

It faces New York, lined with the Statue of Liberty. The copper rectangal represents the the twin towers, the crack in it's center shows where it was fataly wounded by the plain and the teardrop represents all the tears shed do to the loss of thousands of people. At it's base is a wall of marble, inscribed with all the names of the people who died in the attack, among them Chinese, Portuguese, Russians, Italians, and many others from all different countries and religions, from Christians to Muslims and Budists.

An estimate of the death toll according to some sources shows that a total of 2,749 people died in the attacks. Of the total fatalities, 600 were on the floors of World Trade Centre hit by the planes, 147 were abroad the two planes that were crashed, 412 were rescue workers trapped when the towers collapsed and about 1,590 were on the floors above the ones hit and died when the towers collapsed.

The whole world suffered by this attack, not only the United States and this monument stands to prove it. The only sad thing is that not many know of it...