World Trade Center beams rise from a reflecting pool, and visitors may touch one of the beams from the walkway. Each piece of glass embedded in the ribbon of souls represents one of the lives lost in the attacks. Earth tones represent the World Trade Center, blue the Pentagon, and green the Pennsylvania field. The clay tiles contain fingerprint impressions made by people from the community, expressing that 9/11 touched all of their lives. Engraved in the Pentagon limestone are the names of Lake Charles native Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin Wayne Yokum, killed in the Pentagon, and Sulphur native Leo Russell Keene III, killed in the World Trade Center. It is a serene setting for meditation and reflection, a quiet place to remember the catastrophic events of September 11 and to pay tribute to the lives lost that day. It stands as a testimony to the strength of the American character and to the principles of liberty and justice that bind the nation together as a free people.