Another 9/11 Anniversary Arrives

The following is an excerpt from an essay “Empty Chairs” I wrote in 2007 for the 6th Anniversary:  
“…it’s about people: Those who were impacted, those who still try to cope, those whose loved ones just vanished. I fear that some day they will hold a 9/11 anniversary ceremony and the chairs will be empty. Will people then only read names inscribed upon walls? And what will those names mean to the reader? Who will understand the blood, sweat, and tears that went into the long rebuilding of Ground Zero? History is kept alive through art, today becomes yesterday and is immortalized and understood through art. That’s the only way to make sure those chairs will never be empty.”