Piece of the WTC South Tower begins journey to honor small town
A piece of steel that was from the WTC South Tower started its journey in New York City to be delivered to Gander, Newfoundland to honor their service during 9/11.
In the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks, the tiny town of Gander, Newfoundland, with only 10,000 residents, ended up receiving 38 flights with 6,500-plus passengers and crewmembers who were stuck on the ground until flights resumed. The town stepped into action and converted its schools and large buildings into temporary shelters, and when those lodgings filled up, citizens took strangers into their homes.
Now, on the 15th anniversary of those attacks, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, begun in memory of fallen firefighter Stephen Siller, who ran through a blocked off Brooklyn Battery Tunnel carrying over 60 pounds of his gear, to the WTC where he died, wishes to recognize the tremendous humanitarian role that Gander played on 9/11 and for days afterwards.
For more information regarding the Tunnel to Towers Foundation go to http://tunnel2towers.org/
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