The Acton 9/11 Memorial Committee is on track to unveil a new monument in front of the Public Safety Facility marking the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The monument will use structural steel from the World Trade Center towers, donated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jerseyexclusively for use in monuments.
According to Jon Stackhouse of the Acton Police Department, the committee will pick up its 10-foot piece of steel March 10.
“We’re really excited that we have a date to pick up our steel,” he said.
Two Acton residents were killed in the 9/11 attacks: Philip Rosenzweig and Amy Sweeney, who were both on American Airlines Flight 11. A memorial already exists in Acton Center, but the new monument is intended to honor those killed as well as public safety personnel.
The 9/11 Memorial Committee, as well as Sweeney’s husband, Mike Sweeney, will travel to New York City to pick up the steel and visit the World Trade Center tribute site.
The committee, made of Acton firefighters and police officers, originally estimated the cost of the memorial at $20,000. But as the committee raised money during the past year, new estimates place the cost at $25,000, leaving the committee $3,000 short of its goal. Stackhouse said the money was raised through events, including a popular comedy show and sales of engraved bricks through the buy-a-brick program, which is still running.
Stackhouse said the committee hoped to have a small ceremony March 10 when the truck returns to Acton to unveil the steel. Details of the timing are not yet available.
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