The fire department will be unveiling their WTC memorial as well. LRFPD acquired a steel beam from the WTC and will be unveiling their memorial to those who perished that day.
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Dennis McGuire, Jr. was asked to pass along the following information regarding two upcoming events:
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On Thursday, June 23, 2011 as part of the 9/11 Anniversary planning, the Warriors Watch Riders have been asked to escort a 600lb., 10′ section of steel from the NY World Center Twin Towers to our local Darien/Tri-State Fire Protection District for use in a permanent memorial to the victims of 9/11.
This piece of history will be passing through Chi-Town Harley Davidson to be escorted on to Darien, IL.
The staging information is as follows:
- STAGING TIME: 11:15AM
- STAGING LOCATION: CHI TOWN HARLEY DAVIDSON
- STAGING ADDRESS: 17801 SO. LAGRANGE ROAD, TINLEY PARK, IL
- STEEL ARRIVAL: 11:30-11:55AM
- RIDE BRIEF: 11:30 AM
- KSU:12:15
- RC: TONY MARMO (HOGTONY) 708-473-1371.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR FULL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS HISTORICAL EVENT.
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On Friday, June 24th, please be on hand to welcome home TSGT. Robert Head, USAF.
Staging information is as follows:
- STAGING TIME:5:30 PM
- STAGING LOCATION:CHI-TOWN H-D
- STAGING ADDRESS: 17801 SO. LAGRANGE ROAD, TINLEY PARK, IL
- RIDE BRIEF: 6:15PM
- KSU: 6:30PM FOR AN ESCORT TO WILLIAM MARTIN VFW, 19852 S. WOLF ROAD, MOKENA, IL.
FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVEVT, FOLLOW THIS LINK
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A Patriot Flag measuring 30' x 50' was flown in Skokie on Wednesday. Hank Sajovic photo
From Hank Sajovic, Lieutenant, Skokie Truck Co. No. 18:
The Skokie Fire Department hosted a Patriot Flag on June 16, 2011. The flag is traveling across the country and will fly in all 50 states. During the week of September 11, 2011, it will fly at all three locations were Americans were killed on 9/11/2001. The 30′ x 50′ flag was flown from Skokie Truck Co. No. 18 at the corner of Skokie Blvd and Golf Road. Members of the Skokie Fire and Police Honor Guard units provided the honors at the raising.
Firefighters and officers carry the Patriot Flag so that it can be affixed to the ladder sections of Skokie Truck 18. Hank Sajovic photo
As the flag is secured to the extended aerial ladder, the Honor Guard featuring police officers and firefighters is seen in the background. Hank Sajovic photo
The flag unfurls as the ladder is raised. Hank Sajovic photo
More of the enormous flag is visible as the ladder goes higher. Hank Sajovic photo
The full stature of the flag is visible with Skokie's ladder as a support. Hank Sajovic photo
Members of the police and fire department honor guard. Hank Sajovic photo
The flag waves proudly above the honor guard. Hank Sajovic photo
The immense stature of the enormous flag can be seen here towering over the parking lot and Skokie Truck 18. Hank Sajovic photo
A banner with the names of all who perished on 9/11 travels with the flag. Hank Sajovic photo
Proud members of the Skokie police and fire departments at the presentation of the Patriot Flag. Hank Sajovic photo ... that's Hank kneeling on the far left ...
Captain Dan Smith Skokie FPB, Jim Walters Skokie Deputy Chief and retired FDNY Lt Joe Torrillo who survived the collapse of both towers (at separate times. He was trapped in the first tower, rescued and then trapped on a rescue boat when the second one collapsed.) Hank Sajovic photo
The Trib Local (Skokie Edition) has an article HERE about the flag’s journey. Some excerpts from the article:
The Patriot Flag is traveling across the country in all 50 states and on September 11, 2011, it will fly at the three locations where Americans were killed on 09/11/01.
During the week of June 14, the flag will be in Illinois and is scheduled to fly in the following locations:
6/14 – Chicago (rumored to be at McCormick Place) – Flag Day
6/15 – Orland Park & Joliet
6/16 – Skokie & Morton Grove
6/18 – Marseilles (Middle East Conflict Memorial Wall)
6/19 – Springfield
The Patriot Flag story can be found HERE.
Park Ridge to get 9/11 steel
Jun 11
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.
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.
