Throwback Thursday - Where is the Sedona Ground Zero Artifact Located?

Throwback Thursday Prologue...

It has been four years since I first published this.  Sedona is fortunate to have a priceless original girder from the World Trade Center.  I did some research to see how our city was able to secure this piece of history.  It turns out that our current mayor, Scott Jablow, was a police officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the time of the attack.

Scott submitted a request for an artifact. After waiting two years, the request was granted, and our city "was entrusted with a steel girder and given the meaningful responsibility to pay tribute to all those who died that day," as Scott Jablow wrote.

According to the article, this is one of approx. 1200 pieces of steel that the Port Authority has donated to various cities, police, and fire departments around the country.

We Will Never Forget - Sedona Fire District's WTC Ground Zero Artifact

Sheri Sperry  September 9, 2019

Where is the Sedona Fire District 911 Ground Zero Artifact Located?

Sedona Fire District – For those who are local or coming to Sedona and would like to see the Sedona Fire District 911 Artifact and Memorial, it is located right next to Sedona Fire District Station 6 on SR 179.

The City Monument is easy to spot, marking the location...

The Sedona Monument welcoming you into our beautiful city is right next to the fire station, and you would turn into that parking lot.  This fire station is located in the Chapel area and can be seen easily on the east side of the street. Please stop at Station 6 and touch this artifact. Remember all the souls lost that day and all those who have suffered from cancer directly related to that event. Servicemen and women who have shed blood and treasure for their country should also be honored and remembered.

We will never forget…

The Sedona Fire District Station 6 is located between Chapel Road and Meadowlark Drive. 

Enjoy This Video of the Sedona Fire District's 911 Artifact and Memorial.

911 - Sedona Memorial - We Will Never Forget... from Rick & Sheri Sperry on Vimeo.

A Poignant Recollection of that Fateful Day 

This script below was taken from Ricks's World Sedona, written on the 10th anniversary of this horrific event. See the entire post and pictures of that day from Newsweek magazine in a poignant video.

America will never be the same after that Tuesday in September back in 2001.  I would hazard to say that no country in the world has been the same.  Ten years have passed, but it seems like only days for many.  There are those people who have been touched and scarred deeply by the event: family members, close friends, and co-workers who never returned home that evening. Since then, over 6200 servicemen and women have lost their lives defending our freedom and freedom from tyranny and terrorism. Some of these people go to sleep every evening and wake up every morning with the unbearable pain of what they had to endure.  Our hearts and prayers go out to these brave souls who continue to fight day in and day out to survive the scars they received from the events of that day.

For the people who were not directly scarred by 9/11/01, many may only reflect back when there is an anniversary.  As Americans, we will never forget.  We must ensure that future generations understand and appreciate our history and what can happen when evil forces try to take our freedoms from us.

Discover A Historic Newsweek Pictorial from September 2001

We Will Never Forget...