Tinley Park Gets Piece of World Trade Center

From the September 6, 2016, NBC 5 Chicago News.  Al Romero.

The mangled wreckage of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City is perhaps the most enduring image of the 9/11 attacks.  (For me, the image is of the towers with the smoke coming out of the upper stories against that beautiful blue sky.)

Now, Tinley Park, a Chicago suburb, will get a piece of it to build a memorial.  Firefighters from Tinley Park will travel to the New York area next week to pick up the beam.  They hope to have it back in time for the 10th anniversary commemoration and eventually the village hopes to have it included in a permanent memorial for first responders.

Fire departments across the country were offered pieces of the WTC wreckage.

Frankfort and Oak lawn are other Chicago-area communities where pieces of the wreckage are on display to honor  the first responders at the site.