Tästä muistomerkistä ei varmaan ole täällä ole ollut puhetta , mutta muistin virkistykseksi myös perehtyneille : Flight 93 Memorial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_93_National_Memorial)
QuoteFlight 93 National Memorial protects the site of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked in the September 11, 2001 attacks, in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Shanksville, and 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Pittsburgh.
Muistomerkin muodosta oli älämölö joku vuosi sitten - muistomerkin pääosa on puolikuu.
QuoteThis design drew criticism because it was entitled "Crescent of Embrace", its general crescent shape, and even its orientation. The crescent is a symbol of Islam, and the terrorists who hijacked the aircraft were Muslim and conducted the attacks in the name of Jihad.
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The architect asserts that this is coincidental and that there was no intent to refer to Muslim symbols. Several victims' families agreed, including the family of Edward P. Felt. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has denounced criticism as Islamophobic.
CAIR leimaa siis kritiikin
islamofobiaksi. Jos muistomerkillä ei ole mitään tekemistä islamin kanssa , niin miksi nyt sitten CAIRin on asiaan sekaannuttava ? Tämä koko juttu on yleensä leimattu foliohattuiluksi ja ehdin oikeastaan unohtaa koko asian , mutta creeping sharia (http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/saudi-authorities-contradict-u-s-park-service-on-flight-93-memorials-islamic-design/) kirjoittaa aika hyvän jutun joka panee miettimään uudestaan fiksun gifin kanssa.
QuoteThe section of wall to the right of the walkway in this image is symbolically "broken off" by the flight path. Remove this symbolically broken off part, and the remaining crescent structure points EXACTLY at Mecca, ± 0.1°:
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z36/AlecRawls/Central%20crescent/ExactMeccaAnim400.gif)