Just to clarify things, I created that sculpture in Feb.2002. 5 months after Sept 11th. I am not an artist, I don't paint, sculpt or do anything else but put our abundance of snow to good use every winter. I am a nurses aide working in palliative care. I am a wife and a mom who lives a simple ordinary life,in a small town in Northern Ontario,Canada. I didn't have much to give those people in their time of need, so I gave what I could. That was four years ago,I have refused all licening of the image (which by the way is protected by copy right and I would appreciate it if it was posted along with picture displayed on this site) and neither myself nor any one eles has profited from this in any way, shape or form. I didn't make it for recognition, money or to boost my carreer as a sculptor(understanbly since that is not my profession) as some ignorant people out there may think. I made it from my heart my "agenda" was to simply send a photo to the New York FireFighter that inspired the sculpture to let him know there were people out there that were thinking of and praying for them. I chose him because I didn't know a single American citizen. I poured my heart and soul, every ounce of energy,and a lot of tears into making that, for 300 hours over 5 weeks, shoveling and chopping away at 6 dump trucks worth of snow bank in -35C temps without the windchill factor. I quit my job devoted 6 months to answering over 300 thousand letters from all over the world from people who suffered terribly from that day and continue to suffer,all of them were touched in some way by the sculpture. Many of them shared thier experinces and their pain with me. I wasn't obligated to listen to or reply to these people but I did because it was the right theing to do. The IAFF brought me to the NYC fire fighters memorial in Oct.2002. It was the greatest honor and most humbling experience of my life. I witnessed the sadness and grief I watched the pain and tears on the faces of 70 thousand grown men of 343 families and little children without there fathers. I am very much aware of the people who were murdered that day. I have devoted the last four years of my life, to having this sculpture made into a permant bronze and marble monument honoring those hero's. There are some of us out there that still live with morals and values people who genuinly care about humanity. The negativity of Sept.11 should be laid to rest and the positive is what should be remembered. Thank you to who ever has stood up for me in the above email. To the others who were quick to pass judgement,Im not a crazy liberal nor a whacko conservative and I pray everyday for those who died . I am really sorry that you refer to it as "shit" but unfortunately that was all I had to give in the aftermath. The way I see it its better to have given all that I could than nothing at all. www.neverforget.ca