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Public Employee Press
Local 375 member
designs memorial for WTC Charles
E. Kaczorowski toiled for 10 months at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks,
leading the midnight to 8 a.m. shift of technical city workers assigned to the
cleanup from the Dept. of Design and Construction. As the World Trade
Center rebuilding project gets underway, Kaczorowski is working with a survivors
organization on a project to honor the family members of the victims and the thousands
of workers who helped with the cleanup and recovery. Kaczorowski, a Project
Manager who goes by the nickname Charlie K, has designed a Living
Memorial, which he hopes will be part of the World Trade Center Memorial
Plaza. A description of the proposal is posted on the Web page of the
World Trade Center Survivors Network (www.survivorsnet.org).
As described by the Web site, the 400-member group brings together survivors,
witnesses and others profoundly affected by the events of 9/11. I
wanted my design for this memorial to capture and preserve what I saw, being there
that fateful morning, and for all the feelings that stayed within me during my
time at Ground Zero, Kaczorowski said. Kaczorowskis memorial
contains three related elements: a foundation, the base of the fountain and 20
three-dimensional human silhouettes. The silhouettes, covered with a mirror-like
surface, depicts survivors, including fire, police, emergency and other workers
involved in the recovery and cleanup. The base measures 9 x 11 feet,
recalling the date of the tragic attack. The memorial fountain contains seven
frosted-white glass blocks, with two beams representing the Twin Towers hovering
over five other blocks representing the remaining five buildings of the WTC complex.
The dedication plaque reads, Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the
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