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Inspiration for this memorial for all workers started with a construction workers tragic death in Tuscaloosa Alabama on April 19 2000. Antonio GarciaReyes was working at a construction site on the campus of Stillman College when he apparently lost his balance and fell three 3 stories. The following year as this country struggled with the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City and the death of Antonio GarciaReyes still fresh in our minds the Committee thought it would be impressive if it could build a memorial designed around a portion of the World Trade Center to honor those killed or injured in the work place including the 2749 people that were working and perished on September 11 2001. We contacted our United States Representative in Washington D.