22 February 2017 at 13:27
My wife, daughter and I went to the 911 museum yesterday and outside the museum grounds, I looked for the Callery Pear tree that had been rescued from the 911 site, broken, uprooted, and yet survived. It had been dug up, nurtured back to health, and has been replanted on the site. I was made aware of this tree by the book Urban Forests by Jill Jonnes. The tree became a symbol of hope, renewal, healing and survival during a major international crisis, the repercussions of which are ongoing around the world to this day. There is a seedling program that provides seedlings raised from this "survivor tree"to communities that have suffered tragic loss. The tag in the tree identifies it as one of the artifacts recovered from the 911 site. Make,... My wife, daughter and I went to the 911 museum yesterday and outside the museum grounds, I looked for the Callery Pear tree that had been rescued from the 911 site, broken, uprooted, and yet survived. It had been dug up, nurtured back to health, and has been replanted on the site. I was made aware of this tree by the book Urban Forests by Jill Jonnes. The tree became a symbol of hope, renewal, healing and survival during a major international crisis, the repercussions of which are ongoing around the world to this day. There is a seedling program that provides seedlings raised from this "survivor tree"to communities that have suffered tragic loss. The tag in the tree identifies it as one of the artifacts recovered from the 911 site. Make,...