Yang Yi had to work on the street to make money while doing the project. His income suffered and his wife divorced him.
Remarkable tale of a Chinese soldier turned New York street artist's 9/11 tribute
Yang Yi tells Rong Xiaoqing why he spent five years painting the 343 Fire Department workers who died at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001
Yang Yi had to work on the street to make money while doing the project. His income suffered and his wife divorced him.
