September 11 Digital Archive

Item 93431

Item 93431

Hiny photo category

Memorials

Hiny photo comment

Angel holding towers

I took this picture in Union Square park the week after 9/11/01. The angel holding the towers struck me but what struck me more was how the angel was tilting to one side as the towers had done before they collapsed.

2002-09-12 11:21:46

Hiny photo description

Union Square park days after the attack on NYC.

Hiny photo notes

4x6 color print - birdbath with angles bedecked in flowers and crowded with memorial candles. Night. flyer reading "United We Stand".

Hiny photo submitted on

Feb 4 2002 2:12PM

Source

digital image

Media Type

still image

Citation

“Item 93431,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/93431/.