Heroes, 9 Feet Tall

Thank you, Joe McNally. I walked, crying, from 9-foot photo to 9-foot photo at the “Faces of Ground Zero” exhibit at the Skirball Museum (“N.Y.’s State of Mind,” by Scarlet Cheng, June 20). The men and women of Sept. 11 are more than moving, they are haunting.

The pictures are larger-than-life reminders of rescuers who committed unfathomable acts of heroism, comrades and family members of those who did not make it. It is more than Polaroid patriotism, more than instant Americana; it is the essence of what people will do for each other, as a matter of course, what they will do for total strangers.

“Faces of Ground Zero” is an example of the best humanity has to offer.

BART BRAVERMAN

Los Angeles