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| Old 9/11 memorial |
But worry not, it's not being removed for good. The activity is part of a renovation that will offer a newer, different look with the same girders set in a more artistic approach.
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| New 9/11 memorial design |
See it below:
Last year, FMBA President Gregg Giordano
approached me and told me that the FMBA was interested in maintaining
and possibly upgrading the 9-11 memorial at the Hilton Branch Library.
The consensus of the firefighters was that the
memorial needed refreshing to adequately honor those who died on
September 11, 2001. Many people were not aware that the memorial was
there and those that did were not aware that the steel is from the World
Trade Center. The duty crew working on September 11
each year conducts a short memorial service amongst themselves at the
memorial site, reflecting on the sacrifices made by both emergency
services personnel and civilians on that date in 2001.
I brought this request to the Public
Safety Committee and they readily agreed to this request, with the
contingency that any significant design changes be submitted to the
Committee for approval. Firefighters came up with an
initial design that includes decorative pavers with a flag background
and inscription "We Shall Never Forget - 9/11," two granite towers
representing the World Trade Center towers as well as the steel, which
was originally acquired for the Township by a Columbia
High School senior. The design was submitted to and approved by the Public Safety
Committee. Local architect Mark Carelli has generously donated his
time to this project, providing a 3-D rendering of the project as well
as a layout plan for the site.
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