Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / September 11, 2026

One Light for Every Person Killed, Flown as the Towers at Full Scale

Creative director Addison Mehr built the piece with the Dutch studio Drift, architects Shigeru Ban and Dean Maltz, producer Sky Elements and drone artist Yan Paul Dubbelman, taking direction from FDNY responders, families and survivors. The 2,977 drones launched from Governors Island on the evening of 9 September, forming a spiralling helix before resolving into the outlines of the towers at full architectural scale, over a score drawing on John Adams, Philip Glass and Max Richter.

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2,977 drones over New York Harbor
2,977 drones over New York Harbor
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