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Except for the Tribute To The Thousands and the Mulry Square Tiles For Smiles page, I haven't dealt much with 9/11/01 on Forgotten NY. The reasons for this are many. Whatever a lone weblog developer scribbling away in Little Neck says will ultimately mean little. I made a pledge to not even give the hint of exploiting the attack to sell books or T-shirts or get google ad clicks; and the anger that I felt that day has never left: I emphasize anger, not sorrow: the perpetrator of this act should have been eliminated or brought to justice within days or weeks of the heinous act, and here we are 7.5 years later (as of February 2009) and he still plots away in Pakistan. Easy for me, though. I did not lose anyone that day.

Stalking through Arrochar on a winter Saturday I found a moving tribute to the 170 Staten Islanders murdered on 9/11/01. I'll pretty much let the pictures tell the story on this page.

Angels Circle is located at the triangle fortmed by the intersection of Hylan Boulevard and Fingerboard Road in Arrochar, in the shadow of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. According to Senator Charles Schumer's website,

What was once a dirt traffic median is now a memorial sight blessed by the Vatican as a sanctuary for hundreds of families and friends of those killed. The Circle began in the days following the attacks when Wendy Pellegrino, a local Staten Island resident, placed a candles and American flags in the traffic circle. Other families and Staten Islanders followed. Angels Circle now is home to photographs and other memorabilia placed by the families inside a serene landscape of flowers and an artificial waterfall and draws visitors from throughout the region.

More detailed information, and some close-up photos of the deceased, can be found on this page.

photographed February 8, 2009; page completed February 12, the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln.

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