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World Trade Center Memorial: Design Proposals
Aired November 19, 2003 - 05:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It is down to the final eight. This morning, the leading design proposals for a World Trade Center Memorial will be officially unveiled.
Our Jason Carroll explains the process that led up to this point.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): CNN got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at jurors deciding which memorial designs would make the cut.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The sculpture works are difficult for me.
CARROLL: The 13-member panel reviewed more than 5,000 entries submitted on poster boards. They came from every state, plus 62 other countries, ranging from abstract use of open space to images of faces, flags or multiple-mini Twin Towers.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The couple that have pewit (ph) in the fountains.
CARROLL: The task is serious and the outcome not likely to please everyone. The jury narrowed the field to eight finalists and gave them the past month to refine their designs.
GOV. GEORGE PATAKI (R), NEW YORK: When the designs are released, the motions will run high, we will not all agree. But in the end, there is no right way to remember. It is only right that we do remember.
CARROLL: Emergency workers want the names of rescuers killed listed with their affiliation, but other 9/11 families say the memorial should not distinguish victims by their jobs.
The key requirements, the memorial must in some way honor everyone killed in September 11 terrorist attacks and the terrorist truck bombing of the Trade Center eight years earlier. And the memorial must fit on 4.5 acres of open space allocated in the rebuilding plan conceived by architect Daniel Libeskind.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: That was Jason Carroll reporting.
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Aired November 19, 2003 - 05:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It is down to the final eight. This morning, the leading design proposals for a World Trade Center Memorial will be officially unveiled.
Our Jason Carroll explains the process that led up to this point.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): CNN got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at jurors deciding which memorial designs would make the cut.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The sculpture works are difficult for me.
CARROLL: The 13-member panel reviewed more than 5,000 entries submitted on poster boards. They came from every state, plus 62 other countries, ranging from abstract use of open space to images of faces, flags or multiple-mini Twin Towers.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The couple that have pewit (ph) in the fountains.
CARROLL: The task is serious and the outcome not likely to please everyone. The jury narrowed the field to eight finalists and gave them the past month to refine their designs.
GOV. GEORGE PATAKI (R), NEW YORK: When the designs are released, the motions will run high, we will not all agree. But in the end, there is no right way to remember. It is only right that we do remember.
CARROLL: Emergency workers want the names of rescuers killed listed with their affiliation, but other 9/11 families say the memorial should not distinguish victims by their jobs.
The key requirements, the memorial must in some way honor everyone killed in September 11 terrorist attacks and the terrorist truck bombing of the Trade Center eight years earlier. And the memorial must fit on 4.5 acres of open space allocated in the rebuilding plan conceived by architect Daniel Libeskind.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: That was Jason Carroll reporting.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
