Hall Of Flame Museum Of Firefighting To Host Exhibit Of Steel From The World Trade Center On Wednesday, June 17 As Part Of Tunnel To Towers Foundation’s “Steel Across America” National Tour
The Hall of Flame Museum, the world’s largest museum of firefighting history, will host an exhibit of a steel beam from the World Trade Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 17. The event is free with regular museum admission.
Mounted in a truck with panels that open for display, the beam is the centerpiece of the nationwide “Steel Across America” tour by Tunnel to Towers (aka T2T), spanning 35 cities in 21 states. T2T is a service organization founded in memory of FDNY firefighter Steven Siller, who died in the collapse of the Twin Towers during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
At the Hall of Flame on Wednesday, June 17, the exhibit will be placed in Gallery III alongside Rescue 4 from Queens, a 1996 HME/Saulsbury FDNY Rescue rig which responded to the WTC on 9/11; the whole crew was lost. Rescue 4 was later donated to the Hall of Flame and has been on display here for several years now as part of our permanent collection. Damaged in the attacks, the rig has undergone extensive restoration and repair in its time at the Hall of Flame.
A T2T and FDNY Ceremonial Team will arrive at the Hall of Flame at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 17 for a museum tour and photo ops. At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the Steel Across America exhibit will depart from the Hall of Flame Museum for an evening display at USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River, 7455 N. Pima Road in Scottsdale. RSVP for the event by email at Steel25@t2t.org.
The Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting, which is sponsored and supported by the National Historical Fire Foundation, was established in 1961 by George F. Getz, Jr. and is now home to over one hundred pieces of restored fire apparatus dating as far back as 1725.