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World Trade Center I-beam arrives in Rocky Point
Photo credit: Photo by Charles Eckert | ROCKY POINT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 02, 2010: Guardsmen from F Company, 69th Infantry Division, salute then fold a flag draping a piece of steel from the World Trade Center as they deliver it to the Rocky Point Fire Department for a future memorial.
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WTC beam delivered
A U.S. Army truck pulled into the driveway of the Rocky Point Fire Department's Shoreham station Thursday, carrying cargo that tore at the hearts of the firefighters, veterans and families assembled there.
Resting on the bed of the Fighting 69th's tractor-trailer was a 16-foot steel I-beam from the World Trade Center, the rusted metal contorted by the hand of terrorism.
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