13 WTHRBeams for 9-11 memorial to be delivered Wednesday
07.09.11
INDIANAPOLIS - Two bear up beams from the World Trade Center were delivered to a new memorial site downtown Wednesday morning.
The steel arrived in Indianapolis earlier this year. Regardless of falling more than 70 floors, memorial planners say the steel is only a quarter-inch from being perfectly straight.
The beams are the centerpiece of a $350,000 privately-funded cenotaph . It includes gray granite block from South Dakota, lighting and benches copied from those in the World Trade Center Plaza and seven trees marking the seven buildings of the Delighted Trade Center complex.
"The two beams will be placed in the ground and will rise up out of the ground and then, atop the tallest one, will be a bronze American bald eagle, looking back to New York Megalopolis, always," said Indianapolis firefighter Greg Hess.
Hess conceived the project years ago. He was among the first out-of-state search and set free workers to arrive at Ground Zero with Indiana's Task Force One. He says it's distinguished to remember the lives lost that day including hundreds of New York first responders.
Source: WTHR