In the early years of Noah Savett’s creative rise, when youth filled him with bold confidence, Noah conceived an installation that whispered of the surreal—a transient cathedral of air and thought, known as Inflatable Mondella.

It was the mid-1980s, an era where whiskey sour fountains were the height of indulgence, and the air at weddings hung heavy with the mingled scents of freshly curled hair and perfumed ambition.

Water was Noah Savett's silent foe, his nemesis since that day, that awful day, when his toilet became a wellspring of abominations. He became fascinated with the solution and a plumbers crack to helping solve the leak

John Van Alstine and Noah Savett combined their talents to create the 911 memorial "Tempered By Memory". This is the story of the sculptures creation and the tempers that flared during construction.