Harvey HarrellCentral Park between W 77th St and W 76th StHeart Three · Location 284 · Drawn March 2003Hover over or select the image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Video podcast0:00To get to this drawing's location in the middle of Central Park, you'll need to depart from the previous drawing.0:07Head north up the asphalt pathway, and immediately you'll be given an option at a fork to go right or left.0:15Head to the right.0:16Within two dozen yards, you'll find another fork in the path.0:20Head to the left.0:22When you head to the left, you'll be immediately rewarded by a large rock in front of you.0:30This is not the rock we're looking for.0:31Head to the right.0:34Now that you are on a path with the large, large rock on your left, you'll see an unofficial0:40dirt path off to the right.0:42Do not take the first dirt path.0:45A little further down, you'll find another path pointed at a rock on your right about0:52the size of a super large elephant.0:55If you walk towards the rock, you'll recognize a prominent feature on its western side.1:01At some point, the rock split.1:04A large chunk of the rock has drifted off like a glacier towards the west.1:10This broken-off piece exposes a four-foot-flat vertical surface1:14that we strategically placed snow on to make this drawing.1:18This is Lieutenant Harvey Harrell.1:21He was drawn in March of 2003.1:25His drawing is counting five people.1:30I am now a wild animal.1:33There are no paths.1:35I nestle up to a warm, black rock surrounded by arcing, bare plants jutting out of white.1:42Kneeling next to this rock, I size it up as a canvas for myself.1:48The boundaries of this bulbous mass frame me rather well and it is not a big leap to envision1:53the portrait of Lieutenant Harvey Harrell sitting where I am. I picture myself as a1:59two-dimensional plane on the rock and then start coloring in that mental outline with snow. Layer2:06after layer of snow, scooped, pounded, and flattened. What remains on this rock is the2:13the impression of my memory, the memory of my presence and the presence of this person.2:20Harvey Harrell Jr., 49, was a fire lieutenant, hazardous waste responder, and rescue diver2:27who inspired his younger brother, Stephen, to become a firefighter. Both brothers perished2:33trying to save others trapped in the World Trade Center. During his 22 years with the FDNY,2:38why, Harrell was involved with many major emergency operations. He was among those who responded to2:45the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. In 1996, when TWA Flight 800 crashed off Long Island,2:52he was called away from vacation to work as a rescue diver.← Location 283Heart Three · Location 284Location 285 →
