JFK Airport Has Three 911 Memorials
JFK Airport has three 911 memorials honoring the 37 Port Authority Police Officers who perished.
The main memorial is at the entrance to the Port Authority office at the airport.
The JFK 9-11 Memorial is made of twin tablets of black marble, with the names of the lost 37 PAPD Officers and K-9 Sirius. The names are listed alphabetically by rank, with each officer’s name and shield number. The marble tablets are separated by a bronze plaque depicting the NYC skyline including the WTC, the Statue of Liberty, an American Flag, and a soaring American Eagle holding a banner which reads September 11, 2001.
Directly below the centered bronze is a third piece of marble, depicting the Port Authority Police Department’s Memorial uniform arm patch surrounded by the words
In Loving Memory Of Our “Brave 37″
Who Sacrificed Their Lives So Others Could Live
NEVER FORGOTTEN BY THE MEMBERS OF THE J.F.K. COMMAND
Sitting atop a main support beam from the WTC site, the Memorial will now and forever be a reminder to all of the loss of our brothers and sister on 9-11. Those who enter JFK’s PAPD Station will be able to see this beautiful Memorial, which sits directly outside the front doors of the station house.
There are also memorials at PAPD JFK Stationhouse Building #269 where two bronzes commemorate two JFK Command members who were lost.
The other memorial is at the JFK Building #254 commemorating two former command officers.