Politics & Government
9/11: Crescenta Valley's Quilt in the Museum of Tolerance
Crafted by 46 Crescenta Valley volunteers over two years, this quilt commemorates the firefighters and rescue workers who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks.
This was not the quilt for one, but the project for many. Following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, a group of 46 volunteers met for nearly two years at the Crescenta Valley Park to stitch the name of every firefighter and rescue worker who died that day.
Their efforts have become a 13 1/2 foot long and 9 1/4 foot wide quilt displayed today at the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance, where more than 250,000 people visit each year.
Museum patrons first saw the quilt unraveled on the anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2005, in a ceremony attended by 9/11 terrorist attack survivor Councilman Jack Weiss; consuls general representing more than 14 countries, including Britain, Argentina, Israel and France; and community religious leaders.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa delivered the keynote address and led a candle-light vigil to remember the 2,819 victims.