Thanksgiving Message to the ‘Real Heroes’

A child’s drawing created at Trinity Church after 9/11 shows an animal saying the words “Good work.” A message above the drawing of the animal reads: “Happy Thanksgiving! You are the heroes! Thank you for cleaning up! You saved a lot of lives! Thank you!”
Artwork done at Trinity Church after 9/11. Gift of Trinity Wall Street.

The rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero were a nonstop operation for nine months. It took that time to remove about 1.8 million tons of material from the World Trade Center site.

Many tributes were created to honor the rescue and recovery workers toiling on the site. In late November 2001, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, a child created this picture at Trinity church several blocks from the WTC.

The drawing is part of the 9/11 Memorial Museum collection, courtesy of Trinity Wall Street. 

By Anthony Guido, 9/11 Memorial Director of Communications

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