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Street renamed to honor Chinese American hero
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-09-13 11:29 A street in New York's
Chinatown was renamed "Zhe Zack Zeng Way" Saturday in honor of Zack Zeng, a
Chinese American who sacrificed his life to rescue people during the Sept. 11
terror attacks in 2001.
Former colleagues
of Chinese American hero Zack Zeng post his picture on a street in New
York's Chinatown during a ceremony Saturday to name the street after Zack
who sacrificed his life rescuing people during the Sept. 11 attack in
2001. [Xinhua] | At a renaming ceremony at an
intersection in Chinatown, New York City Council member Allan Gerson said the
street renaming created a visible tribute that would remind younger generations
of the inspiring heroism and humanity displayed by so many New Yorkers and
exemplified by the brave actions of Zeng on Sept. 11, 2001.
Addressing the ceremony, Ambassador Liu Biwei, consul general of the Chinese
Consulate-General in New York, said Zeng was the pride of both the Americans and
the Chinese.
Zeng’s mother, Cen Jiaoxian, said her son's actions testified to the fact
that immigrants are willing and able to contribute to their new country and even
dedicate their lives.
Zeng, an immigrant from China's Guangdong Province, came to the United States
in the late 1980s. After graduating from the University of Rochester with an MBA
in 1998, he began working in the Bank of New York, which is two blocks from the
World Trade Center. On Sept. 11, 2001, he risked his life by assisting a
firefighter in helping two injured women and later he returned to the scene
which was filmed by chance by Fox 5 TV channel.
Several months later, the New York police informed Zeng’s mother that her
son’s remains had been recovered from the ruins and identified by a DNA
test.
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