Bayonne, New Jersey · In memory of September 11, 2001
Memorial keepsakes drawn from To the Struggle Against World Terrorism — the 100-foot monument by Zurab Tsereteli, raised across the harbor from where the towers stood.
I The Monument
Officially titled To the Struggle Against World Terrorism, the monument rises on the former Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne — directly across New York Harbor from the place the Twin Towers once stood.
A forty-foot stainless-steel teardrop hangs within a jagged rift split through a hundred-foot tower clad in bronze. At its base, an eleven-sided granite wall carries the names of the victims of September 11, 2001 and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
It was conceived by the Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli (1934–2025) as a memorial to the victims of September 11, 2001, and unveiled on the fifth anniversary of the attacks, in a ceremony attended by former President Bill Clinton.
The Teardrop
Forty feet of polished nickel, hung in the gash of the tower. Tsereteli stood at Ground Zero and saw the two towers as one form — and split it with a single, falling tear.
“A jagged tear through the center, and a tear hanging from the top.”
II The Monument in View
Zurab Tsereteli (1934–2025), in his Moscow gallery
III The Artist
Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor, and monumental artist — and the hand behind the Tear of Grief.
Born in Tbilisi in 1934, Tsereteli studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and, on an early trip to Paris in 1964, visited Pablo Picasso in his studio — an encounter that shaped the bold color and expressive figures of his painting for the rest of his life.
He became one of the most prolific monumental artists of his era: chief designer of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, creator of Good Defeats Evil at the United Nations in New York, and the towering Peter the Great on the Moscow River. From 1997 until his death he served as President of the Russian Academy of Arts, and in 1996 he was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. His works stand in Georgia, Russia, the United States, France, Italy, and beyond.
In 2006 he gave the United States the Tear of Grief — a gift from the people of Russia in the aftermath of September 11. Zurab Tsereteli died in Moscow in April 2025, at the age of 91, and was laid to rest in Tbilisi.
Beyond his monuments, Tsereteli was a lifelong painter, working in the vivid, Picasso-touched style seen here.
IV The Collection
Each piece bears the image of the Tear of Grief. Move your cursor across any item — the monument waits behind it.
Remember 9•11 with the teardrop silhouette.
The monument against a weathered flag.
Monochrome, with “Never Forget.”
“Remember 9•11” over the teardrop.
The same print on deep maroon cotton.
Alternate design on white cotton.
The somber edition on black cotton.
The monument before the Manhattan skyline.
The teardrop over a stylized flag.
A pocket-sized “Never Forget.”
The monochrome monument scene.
The teardrop against the flag.
Insulated steel · 12, 18 & 32 oz.
A vivid keepsake for the refrigerator.
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V Dedication
These souvenirs are dedicated to the memory of the nearly three thousand lives lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
They honor the legacy of the Tear of Grief and the vision of its sculptor, Zurab Tsereteli — whose work stands as a lasting tribute to the victims, the survivors, and all who refuse to forget.