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Steel from World Trade Center Delivered to Huntington

Two pieces of steel from the wreckage of the World Trade Center have been delivered to Huntington, where they will be used in a memorial at the 9/11 Healing Field.

The pieces were carried by convoy from New York on Thursday and arrived in time for an evening ceremony in Huntington. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the ceremony provided a chance to pay respects to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York, as well as first responders, veterans and active members of the military.

Tom Bowen of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s search and rescue team after 9/11 helped carry the pieces to Huntington and said he saw hundreds of people on a bridge cheering for the convoy as it passed on the way Thursday.

Tomblin Commemorates 9/11 on Capitol Grounds

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, Secretary of State Natalie Tennant and members of the State Police, National Guard, Air National Guard and others rang the ceremonial bell on the state Capitol’s north courtyard Friday after laying a wreath at the memorial for fallen firefighters.

  .@govtomblin lays a wreath at the Fallen Firefighters Memorial on the state Capitol grounds to commemorate 9/11. #NeverForget A video posted by West Virginia Public News (@wvpublicnews) on Sep 11, 2015 at 7:00am PDT

The governor shared his memories of September 11, 2001, after the bell ringing. Tomblin was tying his tie, getting ready for a special session of the West Virginia Legislature as the first plane hit the World Trade Center. At the time, he was serving as Senate President.

“Any American who was alive and old enough to remember that day and the attack on our country is one that they will remember for the rest of their lives,” he said.

Ceremonies of remembrance were held across the state Friday morning to commemorate the anniversary. 

Governor Marks 13th Anniversary of 9/11

A light rain fell on the Capitol complex as the governor laid a wreath at the Fallen Firefighter Memorial. From there, he led a procession across the complex to ring the ceremonial bell in the North Plaza.

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin was joined by members of the National Guard and first responders at the state Capitol Thursday to honor the 13 anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.

After the ceremony, the governor, who was then the Senate President, said he was in Charleston the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, preparing to lead the Senate into a special session.

“I was in the hotel. I remember tying my tie and flipping through the channels and the first plane had hit the World Trade Center, one of the towers. So, I continued to get ready, I came to the Capitol here and we were watching television upstairs before the session started. That’s’ when I remember the first tower starting to crumble and fall down. You know, it kind of sticks in your mind.”

Tomblin said Thursday was a time for West Virginians to remember those who lost their lives, the first responders and their families.

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