New York Governor David Paterson joined Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum President Bill White, Executive Director Susan Marenoff, Marine Corporal Aaron Mankin, several other Marines and Intrepid Trustee Kent Karosen to unveil a memorial to the heroes of 9/11 on Saturday, November 7 immediately following the commissioning ceremony for the USS New York.
Measuring 12-feet tall and weighing 3,000 pounds, the 9/11 memorial is a section of steel recovered from the fallen World Trade Center Towers. Two parallel I-beams point skyward, a near replica of how the Towers once stood in Lower Manhattan.
Visitors to the Intrepid Museum or Pier 86 can view the exhibit at southwest corner of the pier facing downtown Manhattan.
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Intrepid served as a replacement headquarters for the FBI's New York Field Office, which had been located at the World Trade Center. Five hundred agents worked around the clock aboard Intrepid, fielding 500,000 calls and coordinating the massive investigation. In addition to FBI command and control operations, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum complex also supported Federal Emergency Management Agency, state, and local emergency responders. |
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