GREENSBORO, N.C. — The world as we know it, forever changed on September 11th, 2001.
It's a nationwide pain that one King resident, Andrea Clark, feels deeply.
"Every year on 9/11, I cry," Clark said while sobbing. "I wasn't in New York, I was just in Winston-Salem."
That's why she and her daughter Gwendolyn Clark drove over and hour to see this sculpture.
"I remember when everything was covered in dust," said Clark.
It's a piece done by Greensboro sculptor, Jim Gallucci.
The base is built like the Pentagon along with 50 pieces of steel shaped like paper.
Gallucci also remembers seeing the Twin Towers all over the news, completely destroyed.
"The rest was just crumbled ash," said Gallucci.
That's exactly what makes Gallucci's work special. Just weeks after 9/11, he had the opportunity to get his hands on scrap pieces of steel beams from a scrapyard in New Jersey.
Steel beams that were apart of the Twin Towers.
"This is the last of it. All the rest of it has been chopped up, recycled, melted, given away… this is the last of the real big pieces," said Gallucci.
He said it's been the honor of this life, being able to create something with this steel. He said, it's his way of keeping history alive.
"I really feel that I've been given a… duty, one may say, to preserve it as much as possible and really find good homes for it," said Gallucci.
Clark agreed. Both she and her daughter took their time at the sculpture. Soaking in every bit of history and emotion they could.
"It shows hope, it's about resilience. It shows a lot of things about what we can do, and it lets us not forget those perished on that day," said Clark.
Gallucci has another piece of art similar to this one in Reidsville. He just recently donated another piece of steal beam to the Summerfield Volunteer Fire Department.