Charles Xavier (xavier_charles) wrote in marvel_prep, @ 2013-01-02 08:33:00 |
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Entry tags: | ! news, graydon creed |
Thread: The new Brooklyn Bridge Memorial is opened.
Characters: Open to all, either present or watching on the news.
NPCs: A large crowd of New Yorkers, Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo, and a little known minister named Graydon Creed.
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Memorial
Timeline: Wednesday 2 January 2013
Description: On the one year anniversary of Magneto's attack on the Brooklyn Bridge, a memorial bridge is dedicated to the victims.
Rating: G
It was the World Trade Center all over again. How to build a memorial for a terrorist attack? How to be respectful to the victims without glamorizing the atrocity? To move on without trivializing the event? And unlike the twin towers, they really did have to rebuild. It was important for transportation throughout the city. A committee had been formed, designs created, bids taken, and finally the new bridge was underway. The HYDRA invasion had delayed construction, but due to an anonymous donation, construction crews worked overtime and were able to get the memorial done in time for the one year anniversary of the attack.
Whether you liked it or not, you had to admit it was a memorable bridge. It was a monument for the victims, but also a way of looking to the future. The final design had been a combination car and pedestrian bridge, using modern green building principles. The road itself was made of solar cells, and wind turbines were built into the support lattice. There was a tree planted along the bridge for each victim.
The dedication proceeded as one might expect. Tearful readings from the victim's families, a series of speeches by politicians such as Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg, and finally the group was lead in prayer by Reverend Graydon Creed.
Creed was a charismatic man, arriving almost out of nowhere a year ago to join the memorial committee. As both a religious leader and one who had lost members of his congregation to the attack—a family of five—he seemed a natural fit. And he'd been good at achieving consensus, he had a way of getting people to see things his way. It was a boon to have him part of the project. His sermon took everyone back to that horrifying day, but also inspired the listeners to to take charge of their safety by being ever vigilant against terrorist threats, ending with a call to action for mankind to join together, to use the lessons of the past to build a better future.
The dedication ended with a walking procession across the bridge.
It was a well attended ceremony and while there were lots of tears and high emotion, people behaved themselves. There was one group, for example, who brought signs of... support? Protest? It was a little hard to tell. The signs said "Never forget," the motto of the memorial, so surely it was an act of solidarity? The people themselves were diverse, yet well-dressed, all wearing the same lapel pin. They didn't shout as protesters usually did, rather waited patiently and smiled at passers-by. If you asked, they'd explain they were a mutant watchdog group and hand you a brochure that contained information on how to join. When the procession began, they walked with everyone else, causing no trouble. And by the time the procession ended, all their brochures had been handed out.