First Trip to the Fire Station (12.2.2011)
On our first journey to the Somerset Fire Department we mostly took pictures, asked the firemen questions, and got to view the piece of steel from the twin towers. We got to view and even touch the piece of metal so we got a feel for why we are making the memorial and what the memorial would be focused on. The fire chief also showed us the sketch of an idea that they had for the memorial and showed us where they would be building it. After talking to the people involved in this project, we understood that the biggest difficulty of this memorial would be designing something architecturally beautiful, but that will not over power the piece of steel that the whole memorial is based on. It must be something beautiful, but simple, and something that will accentuate the beauty of the piece of metal from the twin towers.