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  • Irish sculptor dedicates piece to 9/11 victims, firefighters

    03/14/2007 8:08:14 PM PDT · by Coleus · 25 replies · 1,094+ views
    NorthJersey.com ^ | 03.14.07 | PAT MILTON
    The hand-carved Waterford crystal sculpture depicting the image of New York firefighters and police officers carrying the body of Father Mychal Judge away from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. NEW YORK -- Sean Egan, an engraver at the famous Waterford factory in Ireland for 33 years, said he found a large piece of discarded glass at work one day that seemed to resemble the arch of a stained glass church window.  He put it aside and a short time later happened to come across the widely used photograph of five New York firemen and policemen carrying...