This piece is In memory of JeanMarie Wallendorf and all those lost within the WTC. It was created in 2009 like I do every year around this time for them.

The ribbon wrapped around the Earth is the ribbon representing 9/11. It's wrapped around the earth as a symbol that the event shocked the entire world and brought most of it together in sorrow for those lost. The ribbons wrapped around her hands represent those binded by fate to be there that day. Of course, the beams of light coming from the clouds being the two towers.

Technical info:
Pencil & Photoshop CS3