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Peaceful, Tomorrow

One of my favorite pieces by Robin is a bit he drew and colored for the New York City Comic Book Museum's Heroes Among Us exhibit which we titled "Hope Takes Wing." It's not on the NYCCBM site, but it basically consists of a collage of the standing WTC husk on the upper half, with doves flying above it, and a hand at the bottom half, holding a vigil candle. (Update: You can see it here.) It encapsulated everything 9-11 meant to me at the time (and since), primarily hope and heroism amid sadness. So I was very heartened to read, via Pacific Views (link at sidebar), that the September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows invites New Yorkers to "commemorate the two-year anniversary of our loved ones' deaths on September 11. We plan to encircle the World Trade Center site with a candlelight vigil on the night of September 10, 2003. Gather with us in New York City or create a Circle of Hope candlelight vigil on September 10 or 11th in your own community and link it to other circles by" registering the event here. This seems to me a very appropriate way to combat the propagandistic spew about "Patriot Day."