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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's artifact distribution program began in 2010 and concluded in 2016. 50 states and 10 nations rec'd steel from the World Trade Center.
Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's artifact distribution program,
- Began in 2010 and concluded in 2016
- 1,890 pieces + of World Trade Center steel to all 50 states and 10 nations.
- Fire stations, police stations, museums, cities and towns, civic groups and museums worldwide
- 9/11 memorials: World Trade Center steel in New England
- Kansas 9/11 memorials preserve memories across Kansas City | Kansas City Star
- 9-11 Memorial Fountain Links Los Angeles to Ground Zero -- Karen Kenney | PRLog
- The 9-11 Memorial Fountain in front of Fire Station 88 in Sherman Oaks, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, is a standing tribute to two sites where Americans died in 2001. A 9-11 event at the fountain honors the bond two coasts shared that day.
- Video | Facebook
- The items had been stored and preserved in a hangar at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York since 2002.
Other World Trade Center steel
- Became part of the official 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero
- 7.5 tons went to build the bow of the Navy ship USS New York
- New York City sold 175,000 tons of the remaining steel scrap
PORT AUTHORITY CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM TO DISTRIBUTE 9/11 WORLD TRADE CENTER ARTIFACTS
The PATH Back, Part 3: A Ghostly Discovery
Seven empty PATH cars were left behind at the World Trade Center station on Sept. 11, buried after the station was evacuated and the towers came down. Weeks later, an engineer was sent to assess the site's underground stability. He found those cars and made a decision that, years later, would make sure they, and the memories they hold, remain.
Beginning at approximately 10 a.m., crews will transfer the vehicles to flatbed trucks. Several police agencies will then accompany them to the Pentagon, where they will be on display briefly. Their final destination is the future National Museum of Americans in Wartime, which is now under construction in Prince William County in Virginia. The Museum also will receive a piece of steel salvaged from the former parking garage located below the North Tower.
The Port Authority Crews Who Kept Help Flowing After 9/11......that only begins to describe the unique, jack-of-all-trades job of the Port Authority's Tunnel and Bridge Agents (TBAs). Every day, their work spans first aid, towing, firefighting, vehicle extrication and hazmat response, all in the high-stakes environments of tight tunnels and soaring bridges. There's no other job like it.
On the upcoming 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, their plans reflect how differently each of them still carries that week. Reynolds, after years of avoiding it, will try to make it to the World Trade Center commemoration in person. “I used to watch the names being read on TV and listen for my friends’ names,” he said. “I think (being there) might give me some closure.”
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