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  • From: "Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>
  • To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Memorial for WTC
  • Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 12:57:34 -0400

The soul is not there, but our respect is.

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Memorial for WTC


> Claude
> I disagree, as I do with all the stuff that is now stuck along our
> highways and streets where someone had died. There soul or nothing else is
> there. I have a great regard for those that died. But our highways etc.
are
> becoming a distraction and may be causing more accidents.
>
> Gordon C. Nofs
> Flint, Michigan
> gc_nofs@hotmail.com
>
> ==================================================
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: claude sweet <sweetent@home.com>
> Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [nafex] Memorial for WTC
> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:28:41 -0700
>
> Should there be some concerted effort to memorize the living and those
> who died at the WTC and the Pentagon?
>
> I hope that when the dead are recovered from the WTC site, surrounding
> buildings with catastrophic damage are imploded, and the debris is
> cleared that plans are developed to construct a memorial park on the
> site. Let us not forget those who perished in the planes and in the
> Pentagon.
>
> Reflective pools, fountains, lawns, flower beds, paths, and benches
> would provide a suitable memorial to reflect upon the loss of life and
> provide a fitting setting for a building housing artifacts of the
> tragedy so future generations will not forget the collective individual
> heroic efforts to respond to those in need. Hopeful this permanent
> reminder will help to prevent such events in the future.
>
> I personally feel the decision not to rebuild the government building in
> Oklahoma City was the right decision and hope the same decision will
> occur in New York City. Perhaps a special memorial can be added to the
> reflective pond the Lincoln Memorial at Washington DC.
>
> In my opinion, there is no question "If there should be a memorial".
> There are two basic issues to be considered:
> 1. The question of what type of memorial;
> 2. Where to locate such a memorial.
>
> We can and should discuss the form of a memorial. I strongly urge a
> park. I understand the primary purpose of this forum does not lend
> itself to debating the location and funding sources of a memorial(s).
>
> Everyone involved in the horticultural industry (manufacturers,
> suppliers, distributors, and gardeners like ourselves) can add different
> perspectives to the discussion of how best to design a park constructed
> as a memorial projects. In my opinion, supporting such memorials should
> be as important as any efforts to punish those who planned and carried
> out the attack.
>
> The scope of this disaster will impact history and a fitting memorial
> can help to focus the attention of the world on positive solutions such
> as removing root causes of hatred, discrimination, persecution, and
poverty.
>
> I urge everyone to participate in discussions of a memorial of this
> event. We should be especially tolerant of people who hold different
> points of view from our own. I would suggest that people can be
> patriotic and not wish to return to work in any commercial building(s)
> erected at the WTC site. Lets remember the anguish of the people who
> have been directly affected and who will carry the scars for the rest of
> their lives.
>
> Claude Sweet
> San Diego, CA
> USA
>
>
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