Working a day shift at the Byron (IL) Fire Protection District awhile back, Josiah Lee Henson, a firefighter and emergency medical technician, was checking the firehouse quartermaster’s closet for any expired turnout gear. Normally, any expired sets of gear found would be removed from service and used for training only. Otherwise, they would be cut up and thrown in the trash to prevent anyone from using old turnouts to impersonate a firefighter.
但是，正如亨森在检查旧装备的那样，他内部的艺术家开始旋转的想法。其中一个投票站集可用于兑现343 FDNY消防员在9/11丢失。
“自从我年轻，我很年轻，我总是渴望艺术作为一种表达形式。我父亲说，一旦我能拿着一支铅笔或蜡笔，我就会在自己的创作中丢失几个小时。“它在家庭中运行。祖母，他的父亲，他的妹妹和一个侄女都分享了艺术倾向。帆布，微米钢笔，铅笔，木炭，石膏和数字艺术的丙烯酸或油是亨森工作的一些艺术媒体。“我只是喜欢和我的手一起工作并创造任何东西！”
Pondering, he thought that since the fire service lost so many good men attempting to rescue others people out of the towers that day, he thought, “What better way to honor them than to write each one of their names and positions with the FDNY on the front of the jacket?”
So he began his work, refusing to sit down during the entire process, “because when my brothers died in 9/11, they died on their feet. I would not be at ease while I wrote their names out of respect.”
单独在红色和蓝色中交替地写下名称，共有15个小时的阶段。
To this he added a helmet with an American flag handpainted over the face piece, and angel wings. The flag represents America’s ability to suffer a blow like 9/11 and still come out on top and never give up. The angel wings represent all of the firefighters that gave their lives to save others. “In the face of absolute uncertainty, those men rushed into the towers, which were crumbling all around them, to rescue anyone that they could.” That, he said, will forever make angels. The feathers are grayish-black to represent the ash that covered the city after 9/11.
Henson says the memorial is roughly 90-percent complete. He’s still making a few decision about overall memorial display and the plaque that tells the story of it
The memorial will be on permanent display at the Byron (IL) Fire Department. If the 9/11 Museum in New York City is interested in the art, it is welcome to it, according to Henson. Although a local reporter contacted museum, it has not responded yet.
“I want as many people as possible to see it so we can all remember all those who perished that day and make sure they will never be forgotten. ”
Henson说，官方揭幕仍在将来仍在关闭日期和时间内有更多信息。有关更多信息，请参阅www.josiahsangel.com.
相片by Jeremy Oster, courtesy ofThe Rock River Times(www.rockrivertimes.com.).
