Binghamton World Trade Center Memorial
Saturday, January 8th, 2005Deputy Mayor Rich David said the city hopes to break ground for a permanent memorial — using a 4-foot, 300-pound steel I-beam from the north tower — on the lawn near the Police Memorial Monument. Binghamton was one of roughly 150 municipalities and nonprofit organizations around the world that received pieces of the Manhattan twin towers. Each recipient had submitted a letter explaining what it intended to do with the trade center steel and had to promise to use it in a memorial tribute.