University of Minnesota artist creates urn to mark 9/11 attacks

Urn on display at the Sept. 11 memorial museum
Artist Tom Lane etched the names of all 2,977 people who died in the 2001 terrorist attacks on his memorial urn, which also includes the speech President George Bush gave on that evening.
Courtesy of Tom Lane
Sept. 11 memorial urn
University of Minnesota artist and professor Tom Lane created a porcelain urn that is now on display at the Sept. 11 Memorial Museum in New York City.
Courtesy of Tom Lane

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The anniversary will inevitably bring another busy day to the Sept. 11 Memorial Museum in New York.

Since it opened last year, more than 3 million visitors have gone to the museum where the World Trade Center once stood.

In addition to exhibits that describe the events of the day, the museum includes works of art, too. One of them, a porcelain urn, was created by University of Minnesota art professor Tom Lane.

Morning Edition producer Jim Bickal talked to Lane about the piece.

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