Simelelani Isithombe Sehhashi EsiseGround Zero?
Context:I-America's Response Monument, enesihlokwana esithi De Oppresso Liber, yisithombe sethusi esilinganisweni sokuphila nengxenye eLiberty Park esibheke iNational September 11 Memorial & Museum eNew York City. Ngokungekho emthethweni eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Horse Soldier Statue, iyisikhumbuzo sokuqala esifinyeleleka esidlangalaleni esinikezelwe emabuthweni akhethekile ase-United States. Futhi kwakuyisikhumbuzo sokuqala esiseduze neGround Zero sokuhlonipha amaqhawe okuhlaselwa kwamaphekula ngo-September 11.  Lesi sithombe saqanjwa ngumqophi uDouwe Blumberg futhi sathengiswa okokuqala ngo-2003 njengenguqulo encane, engu-460 mm. Ngo-April 2011, iqembu elingaziwa labaphathi bamabhange aseWall Street elalahlekelwa abangane ekuhlaselweni kuka-9/11, laqasha inguqulo enkulu, engamamitha angu-4,9 ukuphakama. Lwanikezelwa ngoSuku LwamaVeterans, ngoNovemba 11, 2011, emcimbini owaholwa yiPhini Likamongameli uJoe Biden noLt. Gen. UJohn Mulholland, umlawuli weTask Force Dagger kanye ne-US Army Special Operations Command ngesikhathi se-Operation Enduring Freedom.  Lesi sithombe siyisikhumbuzo sezikhonzi zamabutho aseMelika asebenza ngokukhethekile kanye nempendulo yazo ku-9/11, kuhlanganise nalabo abalwa phakathi nezigaba zokuqala zempi yase-Afghanistan. Lo msebenzi waholela ekunqotshweni kokuqala kwamaTaliban e-Afghanistan, yize amaTaliban ekugcineni ayezonqoba ngemuva kwempi yawo yeminyaka engama-20 ne-United States.
ISikhumbuzo Sempendulo YaseMelika, iDe Oppresso Liber, sikhumbula amalungu emisebenzi yamabutho akhethekile aseMelika kanye nempendulo yawo ku-9/11, kufaka phakathi nalabo abalwa phakathi nezigaba zokuqala zempi yase-Afghanistan.