Levittown Fire Department Given Artifact From WTC Site

The Port Authorities of New York and New Jersey recently donated a steel beam that was recovered from the World Trade Center site to the Levittown Fire Department.

The beam is 162 inches long, 16 inches wide, 16 inches tall and weighs 1,794 pounds. The fire department will add the artifact to a memorial in front of their headquarters on Gardners Ave in memory of Chief Ronald Kerwin, who fell in the line of duty on September 11, 2001.

Bancker Construction Inc. of Islandia donated a flatbed
tractor trailer and driver to assist the fire department in transporting the artifact from Hangar 17 at JFK Airport to the Levittown fire house. Once at the fire house, Better Miles Transmissions of Levittown donated their forklift to remove the artifact from the truck and place it inside the maintained garage.  

The new memorial will be dedicated at the annual 9/11 memorial service held at the fire house on the 10th anniversary of the
attacks.

Photos by Kevin Imm