Victor SaraciniHudson St between Bethune St and 8th AveHeart One · Location 38 · Drawn May 2004A panoramic view from the tape drawingLOOK AROUND HUDSON STDrag the panorama or use the arrow keys.Drag the panorama.PAN PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Video podcast0:00This drawing was done on the corner of the building at Hudson and Bethune Street, facing onto Hudson.0:31This is Victor Saracini. He was drawn in May of 2004. His drawing is counting one person.1:01Saturday. This is the first drawing of the day.1:07My first drawings every single time they come down. I have to psych myself up for it. I'm just nervous about it.1:15Why?1:17Just good old fashioned, law abiding, God fearing kind of nervousness.1:27Private space.1:31Pretty much public space.1:33Private building.1:35And uh, just want to be able to draw without ruffling someone's feathers.1:50This is Mr. Sarasini, he's one of the airline passengers.1:55And I took a good time looking at his photograph, getting a sense of how this was picked him.2:08I'm also constantly aware of every other figure that we've drawn, so I'm doing my2:14[unclear] to create a little bit of variation.2:22Try to make sure that everybody doesn't look the same.2:26How have you calculated the fingers2:28and how have you been going about doing that?2:30I know that's been a logistical,2:35I don't wanna use the word headache,2:38because it's too important to be classified as a headache,2:41but the list of the deceased has not been a set number.2:46It's something that's been a really, I guess hassle.2:50It's [unclear]?2:53The fingers are calculated based on the total number2:58of the deceased minus 491 figures that we're drawing.3:02The problem is the total number of the deceased3:05has continued to change every six months or so3:11last two and a half years. That's 2004 and this January, January 23rd, they3:18they removed three names from the list. Last fall they took off 40. How does that3:24happen? It happens, my understanding about how it happens is that the persons that3:31are being removed were people who are always classified as missing. So they are3:35reported as being there but through exhaustive attempts to figure out were3:45they there. So there's no evidence of3:49their ever having lost their lives. Largely undocumented people too.3:56Immigrant workers whose parents haven't heard from them since September 11th.4:03An interesting thing with all the passengers is that they're not wearing fireman hats.4:11It's that extra bit of time that it takes to draw the hair.4:18It's nerve-wracking. Sometimes the hair takes long to draw, so it's the big hand.4:26[unclear] down here.4:30[unclear] a month and a half.4:33Last time we were down here it was freezing.4:36Snow on the ground.4:39It's snowing.4:40This is when we're drawing.4:42We only have one finger too.4:45I always like the half.4:47Both hands represented.4:52It's a matter of making sure that the other hand doesn't have fingers in a counting position.5:05Victor Saracini, 51, of Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, was captain of United Flight5:11175.5:121975, Saraceni, a former Navy pilot, had been flying commercial jets since 1985.5:19He was a great guy, a man's man, who was protective of his wife and two children, neighbor Matthew Parrish said.5:25I'm sure he fought to the end, Parrish said.5:29A veteran pilot for United Airlines, Victor Saracini plays great stock in paying attention to time.5:34but as a father to his two daughters the concept of time or rather maximizing the5:40limited amount of time he had← Location 37Heart One · Location 38Location 39 →
