The Rescue

Painting What Can’t Be Seen
24” X 36” Oil by Bronna A. Butler

The Rescue was painted to provide an alternative image to the many brilliant, though horrific, photographs of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. The Rescue's image is symbolic - it is not what the human eye would see. It is meant to show what the human spirit would feel. Even though our loved ones, heroes and heroines were not rescued as we had hoped, they were rescued.

The Rescue oil painting was donated to the American Red Cross on October 27, 2001. The Red Cross displayed it at the New York City Pier 94 Family Assistance Center during October, November and December. The New York Family Assistance Center volunteers and professionals provided a wide variety of services to the families of the victims of the World Trade Center disaster - from legal services to teddy bears.

In March, 2002, The American Red Cross gave The Rescue to the Archdiocese of Newark. The original 24" X 36" oil painting is on display at the Archdiocesan Center in Newark (across the street from the beautiful Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart), at 171 Clifton Avenue. The Archdiocese has a wonderful website which includes directions and information. Click here to access the website: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

If you are dealing with grief and need help, you may want to reach out to your local American Red Cross chapter (they have many caring grief counselors), Project Liberty at 1-800-lifenet, Catholic Charities' Grief and Trauma Counseling or other local support organizations.

Click Here For More About The Rescue
Click Here For "September 11, 2001" Poem by V.L. Coffey

POSTCARDS – 4” X 6” postcards of The Rescue are available. The back of the card has The Rescue's statement, (shown beneath the image above), printed in three languages: English, Spanish and Italian (all three languages on one card). Bronna has signed and/or distributed over 14,000 postcards of The Rescue to families, friends and co-workers of WTC victims, volunteers at the NYC Pier 94 Family Assistance Center, firemen, police officers, churches, grief-counselors and others. The postcards are free of charge. If you would like some postcards, please send your request by email to "the.rescue@att.net". You can also request postcards by signing the guest book at the end of this page.

Please feel free to contact me at the following address:

E-mail:the.rescue@att.net

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