World's largest bottle cork sculpture of the Twin Towers

The world's largest bottle cork sculpture of the Twin Towers in the Guinness World Records was unveiled on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at the Italian American Club of Mahopac.

The sculpture was created by Gaetano Carbone from Mahopac, New York and was made with recycled bottle corks. It measures 4 ft by 2.99 ft by 11.75 ft and it represents Gaetano's own depiction of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center as a tribute to the fallen Towers. Gaetano Carbone is an Italian-American living in Mahopac, NY. He was born in 1956, in Bitonto, near the city of Bari, Italy. In 2001, when the Twin Towers were destroyed in the terrorist attack, Gaetano wanted to contribute to its memory by rebuilding them in miniature. Having collected many corks, Gaetano decided to use those for the construction of the project. In 2015 he completed the sculpture which then was accepted in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Present at the unveiling were many local and State dignitaries including Carmel Town Supervisor Kenneth Schmitt, Councilman and Deputy Supervisor Frank Lombardi, NY State Assemblyman Kevin Byrne and Tuesday's Children representative Terry Grace Sears. The event was officiated by Giulio Cefaloni, President of the Italian American Club of Mahopac. Net proceeds from the event will be donated to TUESDAY’S CHILDREN a non-profit response and recovery organization formed in the aftermath of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, that supports youth, families, and communities impacted by terrorism and traumatic loss.

Gaetano plans to tour the sculpture around the US in an effort to raise additional funds for the Tuesday’s Children organization and he hopes it will eventually be accepted by the NY’s World Trade Center Museum as its final place.