Our Reason for Being…
In Memory of Christopher, with love.
Following in the footsteps of his Firefighter father, Christopher Santora was a member of Engine 54/Ladder 4 for only 2 months before he lost his life tragically on 9/11. Before he signed up for the FDNY Fire Academy, he'd already followed in the footsteps of his mother as a teacher in the NYC Public School system. No grass grew under his feet, as they say. Christopher had a certain, special “something.”
In memory and celebration of Christopher and the special person he was, the Firefighter Christopher Santora Educational Scholarship Fund is dedicated to the continuing education of young American students from all walks of life who have something special about them as well.
We award scholarships not based on school grades, or recommendations, or academic successes. In fact, we never even know to whom we're awarding the scholarships until we've determined the winners. So how do we pick our scholars? Read on »
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Where Two Towers Once Stood, a Memorial Begins to Materialize
2008.11.17-12:39am
The westward view at ground zero, where the framework of the south pool is under construction above the PATH tracks.
Of all the right angles that have been built at ground zero in the last three years, of all the places where steel meets steel at 90 degrees, there is no more meaningful angle right now than the one poised high over the PATH tracks near Fulton Street.
The westward view at ground zero, where the framework of the south pool is under construction above the PATH tracks.
It visibly defines one corner of the north pool of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum and, therefore, one corner of the outline of 1 World Trade Center — a void left in the city fabric after the attack of Sept. 11, 2001.
“Sculptors talk about how the sculpture is already in the stone and all they’re doing is chipping away at it,” said Michael Arad, the architect who won the memorial design competition in 2004, with the landscape architect Peter Walker. “This is the opposite. Our void is already there. It’s there in the sky. And we’re building around it.”
“It’s great to see the faintest contours beginning to emerge,” he said.
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