--- title: Sculpture With Saudi Arabia Flag Removed from Ground Zero description: A sculpture that features the flag of Saudi Arabia will be removed from Ground Zero in New York following outcry from 9/11 victim's groups canonical: https://time.com/5502889/saudi-arabia-flag-sculpture-removed-ground-zero/ author: Eli Meixler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-15T07:21:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:52:59.503Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Saudi Arabia Flag Sculpture Removed From Ground Zero og:description: The artwork's proximity to the site of 9/11 was criticized as insensitive og:url: https://time.com/5502889/saudi-arabia-flag-sculpture-removed-ground-zero/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4ae0bd17a85b04f/69894343b21a9cbbf44ffe74/gettyimages-1082282834.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: US-CANDY-NATION og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Saudi Arabia Flag Sculpture Removed From Ground Zero twitter:description: The artwork's proximity to the site of 9/11 was criticized as insensitive twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4ae0bd17a85b04f/69894343b21a9cbbf44ffe74/gettyimages-1082282834.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Sculpture Featuring the Flag of Saudi Arabia Will Be Removed From Ground Zero > Sponsored content. 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A sculpture with the flag of Saudi Arabia, part of an exhibit called 'Candy Nations' is pictured outside next to the Oculus, one of the buildings that replaced the original World Trade Center in New York City on Jan. 14, 2019. Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](https://time.com/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Jan 15, 2019 7:21 AM UTC A sculpture that features the flag of Saudi Arabia will be [removed from Ground Zero](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46861593) in New York following outcry from 9/11 victim’s groups, the BBC reports. [Fifteen of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers](http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,455736,00.html) were Saudi nationals, though the Gulf kingdom has [repeatedly denied involvement](http://time.com/4408667/911-report-28-pages-classified-saudi-arabia/) in the 2001 tragedy that claimed nearly 3,000 lives. The artwork, called _Candy Nations_, comprises a series of oversized sweets wrapped in flags of the G20 nations, including Argentina, France, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. French artist Laurence Jenkell said she created the work in 2011 “to [celebrate mankind](https://observer.com/2019/01/saudi-arabia-sculpture-ground-zero/)” and “pay tribute to People of the entire world.” It has toured 25 countries around the world, and arrived at the former World Trade Center site last month. The exhibit [intended to run](http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine%5Fid=3041) until Feb. 28, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. **Read more**: [_9/11 Anniversary: Many Families Still Don’t Have Remains_](http://time.com/4932331/911-anniversary-remains-families/) Jenkell said she was aware of the “[justified sensitivities](https://observer.com/2019/01/saudi-arabia-sculpture-ground-zero/)” around the Ground Zero site, but ultimately decided against excluding the Saudi sculpture from the show. “There is no way I can do such a thing as the flag of Saudi Arabia is entirely part of the G20 just like any other candy flag of this _Candy Nations_ show,” she said in a statement. The sculpture will reportedly be reinstalled this week at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, a decision hailed by an association of 9/11 victims’ families as “[the right action](https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-9-11-families-react-saudi-flag-sculpture-20190114-story.html).” “The sculpture’s presence at this site, depicting the \[Saudi Arabian\] flag, is an outrageous affront to the 9/11 community and all other Americans who seek justice for the attacks on our nation on September 11, 2001,” the group said in a statement reported by the New York _Daily News_. “Surely the sculpture should be nowhere near the site of this mass murder.” ## Transcript My name is Richard Fern. My name is Stanley Primnet. I'm Ron de Francesco. My name's Bryan Clark. I worked as an assistant vice president on the 81st floor for Fuji bank limited. On 9 / 11 I was an executive vice president at Eurobrokers. Working for Eurobrokers. We were on the 84th floor. I was on the 84th floor of the World Trade Center in Tower Two. On 9 / 11, wonderful, wonderful, warm, nice day, I stop in the same bagel store, pick up my raisin bagel, cup of coffee. The same thing I eat for 13 years, everyday the same thing. >> I walked around the floor. Everybody was doing what they're supposed to do, I suppose, and I went back to my office and it 8: 45 I was typing away at my keyboard, opening emails, or looking at spreadsheets. >> While in the computer room, the lights dimmed. And for somebody who's an IT guy, that's a, not a good thing for us. >> We heard this loud boom and ran over and saw the damage that was. What's happened to Tower One. >> And I just happened to raise my head and I'm looking an angle towards the North Building. And what I saw was chunks of fireballs coming down from the sky. >> Just two or three yards from me, 84 floors in the air, right against the glass, swaying, swirling flames. >> We were able to see all the papers flying out of the window. And flames shooting from the upper floors. >> Floating in the air were singed paper. Computer papers, news papers just all singed and floating like singy flaming smoking confetti. I went back to my office at about three minutes to nine, and I called home. Told my wife something had happened next door, turn on the television. There's a developing story is what I said to her and there sure was. You can here the intercom system the whoop whoop sounds your building is secure, stay in your office. >> If you in the mitts of evacuation you may use the re- entry doors and the elevators to return to your offices. >> I just happen to be looking towards the South toward the Statue of Liberty, what I saw there is a plane coming eye level eye contact towards me. >> Being that we were on the eighty- fourth floor. I figured, let me check the elevators. If they're working I'll go down cause this seemed like a perfectly good building at the time. >> And every split second it's getting larger, and larger. And it's a plane coming towards me. I can see the u in the tail. >> A friend of mine had, from Toronto, was watching it on the news. He called me, and he said Ronnie get the hell out of there. >> And at last minute the plane tilted like this, and just [ SOUND ] crashed into the building. Soon as I stepped into the elevator the second plane came into the building. >> You know, in split second our room just fell off apart, our floor if you like, fell apart. >> We knocked, flying and all the ceiling tiles fell in on us. >> Speakers, the air conditioning docks everything just rained down on us. Piece of the plan wing or whatever part broke out. And it's stuck in the doorway 20 feet from where I am. >> The building swayed slowly one way. >> At that point, we thought the building was going over. >> Felt like the whole building was gonna topple over. >> It stopped after five seconds, and then slowly came back to vertical. And then sort of with a hop. Everything lined up again. >> And by the time it came back, I just jumped up and just had to get out of the elevator. >> I reached in my pocket, grabbed the flashlight, shined it around this dusty room, and gathered up six associates who were on the floor in that area. And I led them into the center core. >> I met a few other colleagues and we went to the, stairwell. >> So I ran into the, into the emergency exit, and I started going down the stairs. >> On the 81st floor landing a woman said stop, stop you can't go down, there's, there's flames, there's smoke, we've got to go up higher. >> I'm holding on to mangled furniture, and I'm scared to get sucked out because of the air pressure, and I started to scream. Somebody, anybody, please help me. >> And suddenly I heard this banging noise, and this voice yelling from inside the 81st floor. >> As soon as start screaming, somebody out there in the other end of the floor had a flashlight and it was shining it. >> Feeling around the walls in the dark I was able to reach out and touch a doorknob, which luckily when I turned it, it wasn't locked and it opened. Somebody was yelling, line up over here. Coe, go down this staircase. Everybody was queuing up and they looked like they were waiting for their coworkers. I just sped right past them. And started heading down the staircase. >> As we're going down, we saw, a heavy set lady. And she said, you can't go down there. There's fire down below. So, we started climbing back up and trying every door to get out onto a floor. And I guess we got to about the 91st floor. And, realized there was no way out, that they stairwells were all locked. >> Looking at the piece of the plane that was broken in the doorway, other part of the floor is in flames, I can hardly breathe. And I'm scared of getting sucked out and I start to crawl. I crawled he entire length of the loans department through the lounge, into the computer room, into the communication room. And as I got closer to where that light was, I'm confronted by that one sheet rock wall that stood firm. >> I got, found this man with his sort of eyes, bright eyed, poking through a wall with his hand and waving his hand. Can you see my hand, can you see my hand? And I finally got to him. Yes. Hallelujah, I've been saved, he said. And we discovered, rather strangely, that we were separated by a wall. >> And there's a person behind this wall, and this person's telling me, if you want to live, climb over. >> He scrambled up once, I missed him. The second time he came up I said you must do this. Up he came and somehow I hooked under his armpit or something. Lifted them up over the wall. >> He was knocked off his feet. We rolled down a couple of steps. And the next thing I remember, I grabbed this man, hugged him, and gave him a kiss. I don't know how to thank a man who just saved my life. >> And he gave me this big kiss, and I said, woah, I said, I'm Brian. And he said, I'm Stanley, as he stood up. >> He just straightened up himself. Getting all composed and says Brian Clarke. I said Stanley Primdad. >> I had a puncture wound in my left palm and Stanley's I think in his right palm, but they were opposite, and I said, not only we'd be brothers, we'll be blood brothers for life. >> The smoke was getting heavier, and, Thicker. And so I told some people to lie down, and I was lying down too, just to get below the smoke. Somebody called me, and I don't know if you're a God- believing person, but somebody called me, said come this way. >> I came upon a woman and a man and they couldn't pass anymore. They said you can't go by. I just, went to the wall that was down, I was able to lift the wall up enough to scurry under. On the next floor down, it was a similar condition. This time I jumped on top of the wall, rolled off to my left, and where I just kept going down the stairs. And then I met three firefighters, and I was saying, I'm having trouble breathing, and they said to slow down you'll get some help down stairs. >> Then it was, when you got down to the lower floors you started to see the firemen coming up, and we would stay to the right, and they were all coming up single file on the left. Now you had to think how many of those guys, you know, didn't make it out. >> The only people we saw downstairs when we got there were the firefighters and the cops and the EMS workers. >> When we got to the doors on the south side of the Trade Center, a fireman said, hey, guys, if you're going to cross Vesey Street, he said, you've got to run for it. >> Do not look up. Do not look around. Just go for it. >> They asked us not to look up, just run across the street. To get away from the building. >> It looked like a scene from Forrest Gump. The people are cheering, [ SOUND ] and we're running. And Brian and I are running, jumping over fallen debris. And we're just running. >> I ended up on the ground level, and I went to walk out and there's a lot of debris. And people jumping. And. It looked like a war zone. I heard this loud noise and I look and this fireball was coming at us. And so I ran and I woke up three days later in St. Vincent's hospital. I had burns they say on 80 % of my body. And I had a broken bone in my back. You know, I had my contacts in, so they were melted to my eyes. My wife said she came into the hospital two days later and walked right passed me. I guess my ears were turned inside out just with the burns, my head was very swollen. I still deal with it daily, right? And I'm fortunate. But, I still, I have a lot of baggage, I guess you'll say. >> I, I was troubled a little bit that survival skill for a long while. Lord, why me? Of all these good wo, men and women, why me? And I stopped one day and asked myself, Stan, why not you? Had it not been for His Grace and this one good man who stopped to investigate, I would not have been here. So I moved on, and, yours truly became a certified pastor with the Assemblies of God. >> I no longer dwell on the 9 / 11 events. People ask me to tell the story, and I can tell it, cause it rolls like a movie for me. But on a daily basis, I don't think about it. And I also know from my 9 / 11 experience, that I don't worry about the future. Because you can make plans, but. You can't predict with any certainty what is really going to happen. So I just let it happen. So I don't dwell on the past, I don't worry about the future. It sort of leaves you with the present in the middle. And so I, I live in the present. Every, everyday is a great day. Some are just greater than others. >> I just consider myself fortunate that I'm here, that I can even tell the story. As long as there's not an airplane crashing into this building, you're having a good day. You can always take care of whatever problem you have here today. 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