Piece of 9/11 World Trade Center Coming to Stow

Beams from the 9/11 wreckage at the World Trade Center is coming to Stow after an extensive application process.

Law Director Brian Reali's application was approved by the New Jersey and New York Port Authority last week. 

The city has not heard when the steel will be delivered, but when it arrives in Stow, it will be placed at beneath the flags. 

"It will be under constant light to be seen at day and night," said Reali, who is in the Ohio National Guard.

"I'm hoping to get it for the , but I don’t know if it will be here by then or not," said Mayor Karen Fritschel.

"Like so many other Americans, I truly feel a special connection to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. My sister-in-law lived only blocks away from the towers and she thankfully escaped harm," Reali said. "Personally, I have been deployed overseas twice since the attacks. While deployed, I always marked my equipment with a small '9/11' so as to always remember why we were there."

Once the piece of steel makes its trek from New York City to Stow, it will remain under the flags and will be a "lasting tribute to all those who sacrificed. It will be a permament reminder of our duty and obligation as Americans to 'never forget,'" he said.

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