. >> wendy ploger: i felt a need to dedicate my energies towards something positive, towards somethingthis idea of a memorial, and there was a name in the article, and i e-mailed the person and asked if i could be a part of this in some small way. >> dawn schlegel: i think it was not long after his funeral, and i remembered sort of feeling like, "wow, if there is a possibility to participate in something positive, out of all the terrible things that are going on and all the bad feelings," i remember saying, "gee, this might be something to try to contribute in a ty way." >> james laychak: i want people to remember dave, i want people to know what he was about, and i want people to remember him as a person. and i want to have a place to go to that i can think about this. a memorial here at thelding pentagon in honor of those victims, in remembrance the events of september 11, and of the significance of all that for the pentagon, for ththis department of defee headquarters, gives this 9/11 memorial a very special character. >> narrator: in thehe weeks following 9/11, the nation wrapped i