Wayne County Veterans Memorial Park will host 9/11 mobile exhibit June 16-19

Mike Emery, Richmond Palladium-Item
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A statue of Stephen Siller in the Foundation Room of the traveling 9/11 Never Forget Mobile Exhibit. The exhibit is from the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and is named for a firefighter who died while responding to the terrorist attacks.
A statue of Stephen Siller in the Foundation Room of the traveling 9/11 Never Forget Mobile Exhibit. The exhibit is from the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and is named for a firefighter who died while responding to the terrorist attacks.

RICHMOND, Ind. — A horrified nation watche as the events of Sept. 11, 2001, unfolded, and the country vowed to never forget.

A mobile exhibit telling the 9/11 story and remembering its heroes helps Americans keep that vow.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation's 9/11 Never Forget traveling exhibit will visit the Wayne County Veterans Memorial Park from June 17 to 19.

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Indiana Patriot Guard riders will escort the exhibit June 16 to Veterans Memorial Park. All bikers are welcome to stage at 5:30 p.m. June 16 at the Iron Skillet east of Richmond on U.S. 40. The procession will leave at 6 p.m.

An opening ceremony honoring first responders will be 1 p.m. June 17, and the exhibit will be open until 9 p.m. The exhibit also will be open 1 to 7 p.m. both June 18 and 19.

The Siller family began the Tunnel to Towers Foundation in memory of Stephen Siller, a New York City firefighter who died saving others after rushing on foot through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center.

The 53-foot tractor-trailer transforms into a 1,000-square-foot exhibit featuring steel beams from the World Trade Center's twin towers, documentary videos and recordings of radio transmissions, according to its website, t2t.org. New York firefighters provide guided tours with firsthand accounts of 9/11 and its aftermath.

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s Never Forget exhibit will visit Wayne County Veterans Memorial Park.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s Never Forget exhibit will visit Wayne County Veterans Memorial Park.

This article originally appeared on Richmond Palladium-Item: Veterans Memorial Park will host 9/11 mobile exhibit June 17-19