Angels Circle WTC Memorial on Staten Island
Wednesday, August 10th, 2005
Angels’ Circle, located on a traffic island at Fingerboard Road and Hylan Boulevard in Grasmere, memorializes about 170 Staten Islanders who were killed during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The memorial’s creator and caretaker is Wendy Pellegrino, a 2003 Advance Woman of Achievement.
Kathleen Dory & MaryAnn Ruggiero have an excellent history of the memorial noting that the traffic island before 911. At 3 a.m. a few nights after the attack Wendy starting working on the site and it grew. She eventually contacted the Parks Department and signed papers for stewardship of the property. A Vatican Priest has blessed and declared it sacred ground. Tour buses from all over the world have stopped here.
Above photograph/collage by John Burkhardt
