SLIDE SET 2 OF 3

ALEXANDER GREENPENN STATE CLASS OF 2015

Visit to National September 11 Memorial & Museum

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THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A SHREDDED GIRDER MOUNTED ON WALL OF MUSEUM.

TO SEE THESE THICK AND LARGE GIRDERS BENT AND SHREDDED SHOWS

THE AMAZING FORCES AND WEIGHT UNLEASHED WHEN THE BUILDINGS

COLLAPSED

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THE NEXT THREE SLIDES SHOW A LARGE SECTION OF SOME OF THE DEBRIS.

SEE IF YOU CAN RECOGNIZE WHAT IT USED TO BE

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IF YOU DIDN’T FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS WAS A CROSS SECTION OF, GO BACK AND

LOOK AT SLIDE 6 . THE PICTURE DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF THIS LARGE ARTIFACT SHOWS WHERE THIS CAME

FROM.ANSWER IS ON NEXT SLIDE

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THE DEBRIS WAS A P IECE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TOWER THAT WAS ON TOP

OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS.THIS IS AN AMAZING ARTIFACT AS ANYONE

WHO EVER SAW THE BUILDINGS WOULD RECOGNIZE THE NARROW COMMUNICATION

TOWER AT THE TOP VISIBLE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE .

TO SEE THE MANGLED SECTION THAT WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE DEBRIS THAT

REMAINED ON AND UNDERGROUND IS A STARK REMINDER OF HOW WHAT WAS ONCE SECURELY AND PROUDLY MOUNTED SO VERY HIGH ATOP THE BUILDING ALL CAME DOWN

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THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE OF THE MANGLED REMAINS OF A F IRE TRUCK FROM THE

LADDER 3 F IRE COMPANY. LADDER COMPANY 3 SUFFERED SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LOSSES OF ANY F IRE COMPANY OF THE FDNY. MOST

OF THE BRAVE F IREFIGHTERS OF THE LADDER COMPANY LOST THEIR L IVES TRYING

TO SAVE OTHERS ON SEPTEMBER 11 .HERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS LEFT OF ONE OF

THE LADDER 3 F IRE TRUCKS. IT IS VERY SOBERING TO LOOK INSIDE AND KNOW THAT

THE F IREFIGHTERS S ITTING INSIDE WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE LAST MINUTES OF

THEIR L IVES

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SOMETHING AS COMMON AND STRONG AS A TRUCK TIRE PUNCTURED AND GASHED

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VIEW OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK ON NEXT SLIDE

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VIEW OF THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK ON NEXT SLIDE

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T H E N E X T S L I D E I S O F A V E RY T H I C K , S T E E L G I R D E R . T H I S G I R D E R I S E N O R M O U S. W E H AV E

A L L S C E N E R O C K S O L I D G I R D E R S L I K E T H I S A N D K N O W T H E M T O B E I M M OVA B L E O B J E C T S.S E E I N G A G I R D E R B E N T 1 8 0 D E G R E E S T O T H E P O I N T W H E R E S E C T I O N S C R A C K E D A N D T O R E A PA RT E M P H A S I Z E S I N A V E RY TA N G I B L E WAY

T H E M A G N I T U D E O F T H E F O R C E S O F W H AT H A P P E N E D W H E N T H E B U I L D I N G S C O L L A P S E D.

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MORE SLIDES TO FOLLOW

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