Welcome. In this first blog post I want to take the time to say a few things as this project gets underway. I am a guy who works at disaster sites and have for over 25 years. I come in behind the first responders long after the danger has passed. I have worked as a recovery worker, a volunteer and as an insurance adjuster.
When I passed into the zone at Ground Zero and came out 13-14 hours later I was a changed person. I could never leave the zone behind. I may have had a round trip ticket back to California but part of my soul, my very humanity never left.
When I look at the dust-glyphs I know so very little about who they honor, who wrote them, what they were feeling, if the could ever be expressed. There are blanks in the story that we will never know. I truly get that these messages are very personal and private yet there they were, written on the walls in dust. Written by human fingers. So much was conveyed yet so much remains unknown.
It’s our hope that you will spread the word so that these stories can be completed. Please watch the video below and join us in discovering the human core of this event and how it has affected every year after it.
