Dedication ceremony on Saturday
TOWN OF SOUTHEAST – The last piece of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center in Manhattan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks is now permanently on display as part of a shrine at the Brewster Fire Department’s substation on Route 312 in the Town of Southeast.
The steel, which was transported by the Brewster Fire Department ambulance one year ago, was blessed and stored at the firehouse while a committee designed a shrine, which includes granite pillars.
The memorial was dedicated over the weekend to Brewster firefighter Glenn Bisogno and the eight Putnam County residents who died during the attacks 15 years ago.
Bisogno died in March 2015 at age 58 from cancer attributed to his work at Ground Zero for weeks after the attacks. His mother, Louisa, said her son and her daughter Meg went to New York City with other members of the Brewster Fire Department following the attacks. “No one knew the risks. They all did their best to save lives.”
Fire Chief Tom Leather called the monument a “special place.” He said it is the responsibility of everyone to “pass 9/11 memories onto our children because due to the horror of that fateful day, we are all stronger.”
Former County Executive Robert Bondi told the ceremony, “The horrific loss of innocent people was a reality no one ever imagined,” he noted, saying the “memories of that day seer our hearts forever.”
