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World Trade Center Steel on Display Sought without Memorial

Prince William County firefighter Kenyon Sweet climbed up on a semi truck to have a closer look at one of four large pieces of steel from taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)
Prince William County firefighter Kenyon Sweet climbed up on a semi truck to have a closer look at one of four large pieces of steel from taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. -- It’s time to take steel from the World Trade Center currently under lock and key and put it on display, said Maureen Caddigan.

The Prince William Potomac District Magisterial Supervisor said she wants to place the steel at a memorial and reflecting pool at the county government center in Woodbridge honoring those who died inside the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. The steel would be placed erect into the ground, and it would also honor a volunteer firefighter from from Dumfires and two other county residents killed when the twin towers collapsed.

Prince William Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan
Prince William Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan

The steel has been kept under guard at a public safety facility in Nokesville since it arrived in Prince William two years ago. A request made by the Prince William County Board of Supervisors in 2011 sought designs for a permanent memorial to feature steel has slowed the process of putting the beams on display. Officials, during a closed session, “shortlisted” four designs with price tags for the memorials ranging between $1 and $5 million, said Tracy Gordon, with the county’s Office of Executive Management.

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