Logan 9/11 Memorial Plans Unveiled
Logan 9/11 Memorial Plans Unveiled
Memorial To Open In Two Years
BOSTON -- Travelers and employees at Logan International Airport paused to mark five years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Monday. Those reflections took place in many places inside the sprawling complex, but soon there will be a special memorial at the airport.
NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that the memorial will include a granite circle with the words, "Remember This Day."
Drawings show that visitors will enter Logan's Sept. 11 memorial through two paths that will lead them through landscaped grounds to a glass-cubed structure. At that location, the names of those on board both planes that took off from Logan and crashed into the twin towers will be etched on glass panels.
"These planes originated in Boston. So it's nice to have a memorial that, here at Logan, that acknowledges the fact that there was a big loss here in Boston," said Mike Sweeney, who lost a family member on Sept. 11 , 2001.
"What we wanted to accomplish at first was to commemorate people who had died and give their families a place to grieve. What we wanted to do at the end of the process was those things, which are extremely important but also create a place that told the story of Sept. 11 to everybody," said David Dixon of the Boston Society of Architects.
The structure's ceiling will represent a fractured sky.
"It's kind of a funny analogy, but if you think back to the movie 'Jaws' -- did any of us look at the ocean the same way again? And do any of us look at the sky again in the same way? We look at it differently," said Peg Ogonowski, who lost a family member on Sept. 11 , 2001.
The memorial was built on a 2-acre parcel considered the heart of the airport. The land was donated by the Hilton Hotel, which for two weeks became a refuge for the families of those killed on Sept. 11 , 2001.
The Hilton redesigned the front of its property to complement the memorial.
"And actually, to do what people on this committee did, which was to start with personal grief and response to it and move on to what are we going to do that's civic for everyone that comes out of our grief. What gift can we give from our grief," Dixon said.
Planners said the memorial will be ready to open in two years.
Memorial To Open In Two Years
BOSTON -- Travelers and employees at Logan International Airport paused to mark five years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Monday. Those reflections took place in many places inside the sprawling complex, but soon there will be a special memorial at the airport.
NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that the memorial will include a granite circle with the words, "Remember This Day."
Drawings show that visitors will enter Logan's Sept. 11 memorial through two paths that will lead them through landscaped grounds to a glass-cubed structure. At that location, the names of those on board both planes that took off from Logan and crashed into the twin towers will be etched on glass panels.
"These planes originated in Boston. So it's nice to have a memorial that, here at Logan, that acknowledges the fact that there was a big loss here in Boston," said Mike Sweeney, who lost a family member on Sept. 11 , 2001.
"What we wanted to accomplish at first was to commemorate people who had died and give their families a place to grieve. What we wanted to do at the end of the process was those things, which are extremely important but also create a place that told the story of Sept. 11 to everybody," said David Dixon of the Boston Society of Architects.
The structure's ceiling will represent a fractured sky.
"It's kind of a funny analogy, but if you think back to the movie 'Jaws' -- did any of us look at the ocean the same way again? And do any of us look at the sky again in the same way? We look at it differently," said Peg Ogonowski, who lost a family member on Sept. 11 , 2001.
The memorial was built on a 2-acre parcel considered the heart of the airport. The land was donated by the Hilton Hotel, which for two weeks became a refuge for the families of those killed on Sept. 11 , 2001.
The Hilton redesigned the front of its property to complement the memorial.
"And actually, to do what people on this committee did, which was to start with personal grief and response to it and move on to what are we going to do that's civic for everyone that comes out of our grief. What gift can we give from our grief," Dixon said.
Planners said the memorial will be ready to open in two years.
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