Antonio Jesus Montoya ValdesE 80th St between 2nd Ave and 3rd AveHeart Three · Location 307 · Drawn June 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 8Download photograph 9Video podcast0:00At the entrance to a carport on the south side of East 80th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenue is a brick canvas where this drawing was made.0:10It's the carport that services 222 East 80th.0:15A prominent feature at the entrance to this garage is a red light bulb that flashes on and off 24 hours a day.0:25On the surface to the left of that light bulb, caddy corner to the garage's entrance, is white glazed brick with black speckles.0:35And that is where the drawing was made.0:38This is Antonio Jesus Montoya Valdes.0:42He was drawn in June of 2003.0:46His drawing is counting five people.0:49This location was a myriad of materials that I associate with the World Trade Center disaster.0:55concrete, metal, glass, and asphalt. I don't remember images of or include brick in that list.1:03At the entrance to this little nook is a single red bulb. This single red bulb and its potential1:09flashing, ebbing, or glowing unnecessarily conjured up images of emergency and disaster1:15in my mind. In this peaceful little nook, I found myself aflush with feeling. Antonio Jesus Montoya1:23Valdez. All I could remember about him was that he was on flight 11 because of a mistake with his1:30reservation. He lived in Boston with his Colombian family. He was flying to California by himself1:37to see his sister. His house became a house of prayer for family members for a week and a half1:43after he died. And in a disastrous mix of concrete, metal, glass, asphalt, and red light,1:50he was lost forever. He came to the United States with his wife and son 20 years ago,2:00and they had since had two daughters. He was looking forward to visiting his sister in California,2:05his only sibling in the country. It had been years since he last saw her.2:10Masks were sent for Montoya the Saturday after the September 11th attack, and employees at the2:16Boston Harbor Hotel, where Montoya worked as a houseman, tended for three weeks to hundreds2:22of candles burning in the hotel's pavilion, in tribute to Montoya and others killed in the terror attack.← Location 306Heart Three · Location 307Location 308 →
