The steel from Ground Zero is housed in hangers at JFK Airport and Kensington Fire Chief Mark Lewandowski will lead the local contingent of emergency workers who will be retrieving the materials. Manafort Brothers Inc., of Plainville, has donated its services to haul the steel. Berlin fire trucks will meet the transport at the state line and escort the artifacts back to town.

The Sept. 11 Families Association is granting artifacts to communities that want to create memorials and Lewandowski applied for a grant and met with the group earlier this year to select the pieces to be used at the Berlin site. At this time, the plan is to dedicate the local memorial on the 10 year anniversary of the attack in September 2011.

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