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Park Ridge to get 9/11 steel

Jun 11

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An article in the Niles Herald Spectator mentions that the Park Ridge Fire Department has been selected to receive a piece of steel that has been salvaged from the 9/11 attack at the World Trade Towers.

The Park Ridge Fire Department is set to receive its own piece of the World Trade Center.

With the unwrapping of the North Maine Fire Department’s 6-foot-long steel artifact this week comes word that Park Ridge has also been selected as a recipient of a piece of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the Twin Towers.

Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Sorensen said the Park Ridge Fire Department has been approved for an artifact, and members of the department are working through the necessary steps required to actually obtain it.

The piece of steel is believed to weigh between 200 and 300 pounds. and measures 6 or 7 feet long, Sorensen said.

The complete article can be found HERE.

Thanks to Dennis McGuire, Jr. for finding the article.

Tags: 9/11 artifact, 9/11 attack at the World Trade Center, 9/11 memorial, 9/11 steel I-beams, Dennis McGuire Jr., Deputy Chief Jeff Sorensen, Park Ridge Fire Department, World Trade Center

North Maine FPD receives 9/11 steel

Jun 11

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The Daily Herald has an article today about the North Maine Fire Protection District receiving a six-foot steel I-beam from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. North Maine and Des Plaines were both awarded 9/11 artifacts to be used in local memorials as mentioned HERE. Excerpts from today’s article:

The North Maine Fire Protection District this week unveiled a 6-foot-long, 4-inch-wide steel remnant of the World Trade Center towers in New York City that collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001.

North Maine fire officials opened the sealed box bearing the artifact during a public ceremony Monday night at the fire headquarters on Potter Road.

The beam will become part of an existing Sept. 11 memorial at nearby Ridgewood Cemetery in Des Plaines, Fire Marshal Arnie Witzke said.

“The artifact itself is the perfect size and we couldn’t have asked for anything better,” Witzke said. “All that remains is to incorporate this artifact into the existing memorial at Ridgewood Cemetery and we all hope it will be ready for display this coming 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2011. It will truly add to the meaning of the annual moment of reflection that we all seem to hold every year since 2001.”

North Maine Fire District, which serves unincorporated Maine Township, applied for a piece of the wreckage to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which maintains an archive of materials salvaged from the World Trade Center ruins.

More than 900,000 applicants sought a remnant of the towers, including fire departments in Carpentersville and Mundelein that are awaiting their artifacts.

Des Plaines recently received a similar Sept. 11 artifact — a 114-pound steel girder standing 33 inches high and 11 inches deep and wide that was among the supports holding up the Twin Towers. The rusted beam will be memorialized, likely outside city hall, on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

The complete article can be found HERE.

Tags: 9/11 artifact, 9/11 attack at the World Trade Center, 9/11 memorial, 9/11 steel I-beams, Des Plaines Fire Department, Mundelein FIre Department, North Maine Fire Protection District

2 local fire departments get 9/11 artifacts

Apr 22

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The Chicago Tribune is reporting that The North Maine Fire Protection District and the Des Plaines Fire Department will both receive steel from the World Trade Center buildings recovered after the 9/11 attacks.

Two northwest suburban fire departments are receiving pieces of the World Trade Center that they expect to use in monuments marking the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and in memorial services marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks this year.The Des Plaines Fire Department will receive a 33-inch steel I-beam weighing 114 pounds, while the North Maine Fire Protection District, which covers parts of unincorporated Cook County, is getting a six-foot long, four-inch wide piece of steel that weighs 50 pounds and is described as a bent plate.

North Maine will most likely keep the item in its box until the next Maine Township board meeting where it will be opened in public. Ultimately, they’d like to incorporate the plate into a Sept. 11 monument inside Ridgewood Cemetery, which holds an annual service to honor the deceased from the historic day.

Des Plaines fire officials said they will meet with the mayor and city manager to decide where the piece should go ,but it might be made into a memorial outside of city hall where a Sept. 11 ceremony is held every year.

Tags: 9/11 artifact, 9/11 steel I-beams, Chicago Tribune, Des Plaines Fire Department, North Main Fire Protection District

Carpentersville to build memorial with 9/11 steel

Jan 6

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The Daily Herald has an article with a story about the Carpentersville Fire Department‘s request for an artifact from 9/11.

Fire Chief John Schuldt wrote a letter in 2009 on behalf of the Carpentersville Fire Department requesting an artifact from the World Trade Center.

… out of more than 900,000 … applicants … The village will receive a piece of steel, which the fire department plans to incorporate into a memorial outside of Fire Station 1 at 213 Spring St.

No village funds will be used for the monument so Schuldt and the fire department will be accepting donations. Money can be sent to the fire department care of Village Hall, 1200 L.W. Besinger Drive. Donors should make sure to specify the money is for the memorial.

Read the complete article HERE.

Thanks to Dennis McGuire, Jr. for spotting the article.

Tags: 9/11, 9/11 artifact, Carpentersville Fire Department, Daily Herald, Dennis McGuire Jr.