Roswell 911 Memorial Highlighted in New York Magazine
Roswell has a small I-Beam it plans for a memorial which was highlighted in a November issue of New York Magazine.
Roger K. Burnett, administrative director of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico, writes:
We have move the piece of steel to a temperary location until we get our new archive building finished. At that time it will be moved over to that building, hopefully by late spring early summer.
We decided to aquire the steel to pay tribute to not only the policemen and firefighter in New Your, but to our local individuals that lost their lives in the line of duty.
Shorty after 9/11 we had a desaster of our own here in Roswell. A deranged individual set his girlfriends house on fire. In the process he set himself on fire and was rescued by his neighbor who took ihim into his house and called the fire department and paramedics.
When the paramedics arrived along with the Fire Chief, Louis Jones. Jones was a big man, probably 6′6″, 270-280 lbs. A friendly giant of a man. Anyway back to the story….. the man pulled a gun and starting shooting, killing his neighbor, the paramedic and wounding Chief Jones and the neighbors 8 year old son. Jones died a few weeks later from his wound to the head.
Enclosed is a photo of the steel as it sits right now. We plan on putting it in a glass case with newspaper articles and headlines from New York newspapers and the Roswell newspaper.
