9/11 Steel Beam Reaches Florida School Ahead of 25th Anniversary
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Updated · Fox News · May 21
9/11 Steel Beam Reaches Florida School Ahead of 25th Anniversary
5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 21
A World Trade Center steel beam arrived Tuesday at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, where George W. Bush was told on Sept. 11, 2001 that America was under attack.
The stop was part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s “Steel Across America” tour, which is carrying the beam nationwide before next year’s 25th anniversary of the attacks.
Andy Card, Bush’s former chief of staff, returned for the ceremony and recalled whispering to the president that a second plane had hit the second tower.
The Sarasota event — the tour’s seventh stop — also brought back former teacher Sandra Kay Daniels, former students and first responders for a memorial focused on victims and rescuers.
How does a 16,000-pound steel beam teach the story of 9/11 to a generation that never lived through it?
With 9/11-illness deaths tripling the original toll, how is national commemoration evolving beyond the events of a single day?
25th Anniversary of 9/11: Tunnel to Towers’ "Steel Across America" Tour Unites and Educates the Nation
Overview
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation organized the 'Steel Across America' tour as a powerful way to honor 9/11 first responders across the United States on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The tour’s name carries deep symbolic meaning, referencing the resilience and memory tied to the steel remnants from the World Trade Center. By traveling nationwide, the tour serves as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made during and after 9/11, connecting communities and generations to the enduring legacy of that day.