Michael Nagle for The New York Times
Wreckage from 9/11, stored at Kennedy Airport, is being granted to groups around the country.
Posted on 09/07/2009 8:04:48 AM PDT by Pharmboy
Michael Nagle for The New York Times
Wreckage from 9/11, stored at Kennedy Airport, is being granted to groups around the country.
When Jeff Cox, a 15-year-old candidate for the rank of Eagle Scout in Windermere, Fla., approached the small town’s mayor with park improvement ideas to help earn a badge, the mayor informed him that those projects were already covered.
“He came back and said, ‘Would the town like a memorial if I can get World Trade Center steel?’ ” Mayor Gary Bruhn said. “I was stunned. I said, ‘Son, the town would be elated to have something like that.’ He said, ‘I think I need the town’s support. I don’t think they’re going to just give it...’”
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the steel, will invite police and fire departments and mayors and other leaders...throughout the country to ask for pieces for memorials.
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Among the pending requests are one from Las Vegas,snip...There is a also request from a group of fire departments in France.
“The Saint-Etienne fire brigade would very much like to exhibit an artefact from the World Trade Center in order to pay tribute to the victims, civilian and fire fighters of the 11th September attack,” wrote Col. Yves Bussiere, of the regional fire department.
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In Windermere, a town of 3,000, the prospective Eagle Scout, Jeff Cox, got the mayor’s support for his project and was waiting for his steel. He was just 7 when the attacks took place.snip...
He said he has been promised a big piece. “They sent me about six options to pick from,” he said. “I ended up taking part of a steel beam, about three and a half or four feet, 650 pounds.”
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Nice to see the French firefighters aligned with us...
yes.
The best memorials would be melting the steel down to make 500 lbs bombs and dropping them on islamic terrorists
I’m waiting for someone to explain how using this steel would be ‘hateful’ to our Islamic buddies.
What a super kid!!! God bless him. What a leader.
Ditto!
He will be a success in life.
I hope we save one really big piece to shove up Osama bin Laden’s @ss if we finally catch him.
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NEVER FORGET
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September 12, 2009 =
http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361
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NEVER FORGET
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And Chinese warships. tanks, guns...
Thanks Pharmboy.
Although I enjoy anti-French jokes as well as the next bloke many French professionals are not afflicted with their politicians' knee-jerk anti-Americanism and are quite competent.
Senior people in the US military, law enforcement and anti-terror intelligence agencies generally have respect for their French counterparts.
I would like to request a rather large piece to shove up Jamie Gorelick's, Madeline Albright's and Bill Clinton's *ss.
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