To the Struggle Against World Terrorism

The sculpture comprises a bronze-clad tower split with a jagged opening in the middle, in which hangs a -tall nickel-surfaced teardrop. The eleven sides of the monument's base bear granite name plates, on which are etched the names of those who died in the September 11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. However, like some other 9/11 memorials, the dedication was based on an outdated compilation and contains about forty people who were removed from later victim listings. Tsereteli did not disclose the cost of the sculpture except to say that he paid for labor and materials. A lawyer for the sculptor released the cost at about $12 million. Tsereteli said metals for the sculpture were obtained "From a military factory that did airplanes. In Dzerzhinsk. A secret city." ==Further information==

The monument was initially given to the local government of Jersey City, but was rejected. It was then relocated to its present placement in Bayonne. while The New Yorker said that it looked like "a giant tea biscuit" from a distance. In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city of Bayonne had Vladimir Putin's name covered on the two plaques in the park. ==See also==