A 9/11 Memorial May Be Coming To Philadelphia... Soon
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Delaware River Port Authority board on Wednesday decides whether to approve a September 11 memorial.
The memorial would be built on the Philadelphia side of the Ben Franklin Bridge, on a triangular DRPA-owned parcel at Sixth and Race, just north of the Constitution Center.
Proposed renderings show two symbolic towers - each 9 feet eleven inches tall - with a replica of the Liberty Bell hanging between them. DRPA CEO John Hanson says the memorial will contain authentic artifacts.
"There will be a piece of steel from the World Trade Center, a limestone granite block from the Pentagon, and loose soil and a rock from Shanksville, Pennsylvania," Hanson said.
The memorial would come at no cost to the DRPA. Labor is to be donated by volunteers and the EP Henry Corporation, which is also donating materials.
The DRPA plans to build the memorial in time to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.