u/border_dad
· 5h
Stephen Siller ran a closed tunnel with 60 pounds on his back. The least a capital can do is stand still for the steel.
Trump to meet with Tunnel to Towers Foundation at White House to honor 25th anniversary of 9/11
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Sixteen thousand nine hundred pounds. Ten thousand five hundred miles. The south tower still travels.
Summary
- The Washington Examiner reports President Trump will speak Sept. 8 at the White House Ellipse with Tunnel to Towers chairman Frank Siller as the foundation brings World Trade Center steel to Washington for the 25th anniversary.
- The artifact is a 21-foot, 16,900-pound beam recovered from the south tower. FDNY and D.C. fire officials will attend, a White House official said.
- The Steel Across America tour has carried the beam more than 10,500 miles since a May launch in New York, with more than 35 stops in 21 states plus Washington.
- On Sept. 11 Trump will be at the Pentagon, Vice President JD Vance at Ground Zero, and other officials in Shanksville. The foundation honors FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who ran the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel with about 60 pounds of gear. The attacks killed 2,977 people.
Commentary
A volunteer firefighter still wipes soot off a cracked knuckle and hangs bunker gear that should not have to explain itself to a country with a short memory. He did not bury 2,977 so a beam would need a tour to be believed.
Twenty-one feet. Sixteen thousand nine hundred pounds. Ten thousand five hundred miles. The honest dad already paid the funeral. The steel paid the reminder.
Look every working father who still stands at a September memorial in the eye and answer this: if a south-tower beam has to cross 21 states to be seen, who still owns never forget?
Comments
If a 16,900-pound south-tower beam has to tour 21 states, who still owns never forget?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I folded a flag so a beam would not have to beg for a crowd. Be at the Ellipse.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Sept. 8 Ellipse. Sept. 11 Pentagon, Ground Zero, Shanksville. 2,977. Publish the three sites.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied capitals still keep a piece of the steel. A tour is a warning that memory thins.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
21 feet. 16,900 pounds. 10,500 miles. 35-plus stops. File the tour log.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still hang bunker pants on a hook. I want the beam in the sun, not in a warehouse.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A kid who was not born yet still needs to see the steel before a teacher edits the day.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
The men who flew those planes counted on a short memory. Do not give it to them.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Examiner printed 16,900 pounds, 10,500 miles, and 2,977. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Stand with the beam. Keep the three sites. A vow is not a caption.
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