Trees Grow in Manhattan
by Lionel Bascom — November 21st, 2006 — 1 comment
A living memorial will be planted at the World Trade Center when families and dignitaries gather at Ground Zero three years from now.
The WTC Memorial is slated to open in 2009. Trees planted at the site will be brought there by a Houston company that will be responsible for planting hundreds of trees at the site. Environmental Design is owned by Tom Cox, who said the WTC contract is the most important contract the company has landed in 30 years. A three-year job The World Trade Center Memorial will keep Cox’s team busy for next three years, the Houston Chronicle said recently.
“A lot of work will go into selection of the trees for the memorial, and we chose Environmental Design because of their experience in projects such as this one,” said Lynn Rasic, spokeswoman for the World Trade Center Foundation, a nonprofit agency that will build, own and operate the memorial and museum at Ground Zero.
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Among the many attributes of the human spirit,
a tree can represent strength and dignity.
Analogous of the love that one feels toward another,
the manner by which colorful leaves fall haphazardly symbolizes each tear shed for the absence of another
and the manner by which the humus
ultimately transforms into human love restored.
Heartfelt longing cries out for truth,
yet one is unable to return the other’s love.
Trees grow at The Freedom Tower!
The absence of love has never felt so painful,
yet a tree, rooted in the sacred ground
where essense of loved ones still exits,
will outstretch its branches to humanity
and heaven simultaneously,
thus enabling the world to see growth of spirit
while never forgetting loss of love.
Jeanne · November 22nd, 2006 at 12:27 am