View source for The way I saw 911 on that day

====Date: [[:Category:2002|2002]]====

====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====

====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]]====
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'''Artist:''' Paul D. Trice

'''Confronting Bodies:''' Heritage Bank employees

'''Date of Action:''' February 2002

'''Location:''' Heritage Bank in Ocean View, Newport, Virginia, USA

'''Description of Artwork:''' ''The way I saw 911 on that day'' (all rights are reserved so it cannot be shown here), commemorating the World Trade Center tragedy, showed several scenes of the disaster: a view of New York harbor with the smoke-engulfed towers in the distance; a close-up of a plane striking one of the towers; and a rescuer workers searching the rubble as fire-fighters raise the American flag. Paul D. Trice, a self-taught oil painter copied the images from newspaper photos, avoiding blood and gore.

'''The Incident:''' ''The way I saw 911 on that day'' was pulled from the bank after a few days on display because a customer found it offensive. The employees at the Heritage Bank and Trust branch told the artist that a customer objected to the work, perhaps because it included an image of Osama bin Laden on a poster reading “Most Wanted by FBI Dead or Alive”.

'''Results of Incident:''' London Bridge Trading Co. in Virginia Beach, a company that makes military gear, offered the painting a place of honor in its store after the painting was pulled from the bank.

'''Source:''' Newport News, NCAC

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