To the Struggle Against World Terrorism, Memorial sculpture in Bayonne, United States.
To the Struggle Against World Terrorism is a bronze and nickel memorial in Bayonne, New Jersey, rising from the former military port. The nearly 100-foot sculpture holds a 40-foot nickel-clad teardrop suspended through a jagged opening in the center of the structure.
The monument was first offered to Jersey City, which rejected it, and was then placed at the former Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne. Groundbreaking took place on September 16, 2005, with Russian president Vladimir Putin attending, and the dedication followed on September 11, 2006, with former U.S. president Bill Clinton present.
Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli designed this work as a gesture of solidarity between his country and America following the attacks. Visitors can view the sculpture from the waterfront, where an open sight line extends toward the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan.
The memorial stands at the end of the former Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, with the Manhattan skyline and Statue of Liberty visible across the water. The eleven sides of its base carry granite plates etched with the names of those killed in the 1993 and 2001 attacks. A four-foot section of World Trade Center steel was placed beside the sculpture in September 2011.
The eleven sides of the base carry granite plates etched with the names of those killed in 2001 and 1993, but the list was compiled from an outdated roster and includes about forty people later removed from the victim rolls. A four-foot section of World Trade Center steel was set beside the sculpture in September 2011.
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