Victims’ Concerns put London 9/11 Sculpture on Hold

LONDON (REUTERS).- Plans to erect a sculpture in a London park using girders salvaged from New York’s World Trade Center, which was destroyed in attacks on September 11, 2001, have been put on hold after victims’ families complained. The memorial, designed by Japanese-Russian artist Miya Ando, was to be crafted from twisted shards of steel ranging between 5 and 8 meters (yards) in height, standing in a pool with lights. “It is my hope that by standing upright the fallen steel columns, I may evoke a quiet yet strong message of transcendence and the role of education in the growth of hope from tragedy,” New York-based Ando said in a statement submitted with the planning application. London’s Southwark Council approved the plans last December and the sculpture was due to be inaugurated in London’s Potters Fields Park this September to accompany an educational progr

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