

{"id":3734,"date":"2015-09-09T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:58:48","slug":"remembering-9112001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/2015\/09\/09\/remembering-9112001\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering 9\/11\/2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/1-out-of-the-sky-silhoueted-towers-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/1-out-of-the-sky-silhoueted-towers-2-602x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5243\" style=\"width:177px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/1-out-of-the-sky-silhoueted-towers-2-602x1024.jpg 602w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/1-out-of-the-sky-silhoueted-towers-2-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/1-out-of-the-sky-silhoueted-towers-2-768x1307.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/1-out-of-the-sky-silhoueted-towers-2-903x1536.jpg 903w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/1-out-of-the-sky-silhoueted-towers-2-1203x2048.jpg 1203w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/1-out-of-the-sky-silhoueted-towers-2-scaled.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Out of the Sky: 9\/11. Pear Whistle Press, Red Hook, NY, 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2006, as a tribute to the World Trade Center victims on the fifth anniversary of 9\/11, book artist Werner Pfeiffer created&nbsp;<em>Out of the Sky: 9\/11. &nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;A constructed book, it consists of a series of segments, illustrated by woodcut images of falling victims and their names. &nbsp;When assembled, the book represents a model of the World Trade Center and is over 5 feet tall. &nbsp;As the book is deconstructed for storage, that action mirrors the falling of the towers. &nbsp; The book includes Pfeiffer&#8217;s written reflections, colored by his childhood in World War II Germany and his memories of witnessing the towers&#8217; collapse from Pratt Institute&#8217;s rooftop in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temple University Libraries&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/library.temple.edu\/scrc\">Special Collection Research Center<\/a> houses number 41 of the limited edition of 52. &nbsp;View the book in Paley Library lobby on Friday, September 11, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bh9ovBzCYYw\">youtube video<\/a> of Pfeiffer discussing <em>Out of the Sky<\/em>, or read more about Pfeiffer in Jonathan Rinck&#8217;s International Sculpture Center <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sculpture.org\/2015\/04\/23\/the-layered-meanings-of-werner-pfeiffer\/\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/01ce1bec0a5dd6f249b85d9a5d37cc99e92f194654.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/01ce1bec0a5dd6f249b85d9a5d37cc99e92f194654-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5242\" style=\"width:240px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/01ce1bec0a5dd6f249b85d9a5d37cc99e92f194654-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/01ce1bec0a5dd6f249b85d9a5d37cc99e92f194654-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/01ce1bec0a5dd6f249b85d9a5d37cc99e92f194654-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/historynews\/files\/2025\/10\/01ce1bec0a5dd6f249b85d9a5d37cc99e92f194654.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Out of the Sky in Paley on September 11, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2006, as a tribute to the World Trade Center victims on the fifth anniversary of 9\/11, book artist Werner Pfeiffer created&nbsp;Out of the Sky: 9\/11. &nbsp;&nbsp;A constructed book, it consists of a series of segments, illustrated by woodcut images of falling victims and their names. &nbsp;When assembled, the book represents a model of the &hellip; 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