May 28, 2002 in New York history

📝 On This Day 📝

22 years ago on May 28th, 2002

Workers cut down the final piece of steel at Ground Zero, ending the clean-up effort after the September 11th attacks

In an evening ceremony, workers marched behind drummers and bagpipe players into the pit left from the towers. Members of multiple trade unions shared a blowtorch and each cut away at the final 58-ton piece of the south tower, which would be taken away on a flatbed truck in the morning. The steel was signed by hundreds of workers and painted with the numbers of civilians and emergency responders from each department who were lost in the attack, and was wrapped in black fabric as it was transported away from the site. The beam went to an airplane hangar at JFK Airport and underwent a historical preservation process and was transported back to the site seven years later. The beam now stands in the main hall of the September 11th Museum.


References:

⏰ AGBC Rewind ⏰

7 years ago
New York Chipotle Locations Hit by Data Breach


🌎 World History 🌏

Library of Congress  •  New York Times  •  BBC  •  Wikipedia


🌞 Weather Records 🌞

Record High: 94°F in 1959
Record Low: 43°F in 1907


← May 27   Today   May 29 →
Calendar   Random

Comments

Your email address will remain private, but will be used to display your Gravatar icon if available.
Plain text and emojis may be used but there is a limit of 150 words.