Description • Sculptor: Zurab Tsereteli
• Structural engineer: Yu. I. Stepnov (Central Research and Design Institute of Steel Constructions)
• Materials: bronze and steel
• Monument's weight: 175 t
• Teardrop's weight: 4 t
• Length of teardrop: 12 m
• This sculpture to those that died in the September 11th terrorist attacks is an official gift of the Russian government.
• The formal name of this monument is «To The Struggle Against World Terrorism».
• The teardrop will contain a special cooling device, that causes the sculpture to weep.
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