9/11 artifact to find home in Utah as monument

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Ishmael Rougle, whose son Sgt. Larry Rougle was killed in Afghanistan, pays his respects as he touches a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. His wife, Nancy Rougle, is at right. The piece will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Gold Star Mother Nancy Rougle, whose son Sgt. Larry Rougle was killed in Afghanistan, pays her respects touching a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Jack Barns, left, President of the American Fallen Warriors Memorial Foundation salutes during a color guard ceremony where a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center is displayed at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Jack Barns, right, president of the American Fallen Warriors Memorial Foundation, salutes with group gathered at the Fort Douglas Military Museum during color guard ceremony where a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center went on display Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Construction workers watch as a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center is uncovered on the back of a sem trailer at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Workers set up display of 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It arrived covered on the back of semitrailer. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
People gather at the Fort Douglas Military Museum where a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center went on display Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Gold Star Mother Suzanne Wagstaff, whose son Chief Warrant Officer Matthew G. Wagstaff died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, touches a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
9/11 firefighter's helmet rests atop a 4 1/- ton piece of the World Trade Center on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Person pays respect touching the 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Gold Star Mother Elicia Hodges touches a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
People watch as a giant American flag is raised over a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center at the Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
People salute at the Fort Douglas Military Museum during a color guard ceremony where a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center went on display Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Gold Star Mother Rose Halliday and her husband, Brad, whose son Lance Cpl. Carlos A. Aragon died in combat in Afghanistan, touches a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

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Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Ishmael Rougle, whose son Sgt. Larry Rougle was killed in Afghanistan, pays his respects as he touches a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. His wife, Nancy Rougle, is at right. The piece will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Gold Star Mother Nancy Rougle, whose son Sgt. Larry Rougle was killed in Afghanistan, pays her respects touching a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Jack Barns, left, President of the American Fallen Warriors Memorial Foundation salutes during a color guard ceremony where a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center is displayed at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Jack Barns, right, president of the American Fallen Warriors Memorial Foundation, salutes with group gathered at the Fort Douglas Military Museum during color guard ceremony where a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center went on display Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Construction workers watch as a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center is uncovered on the back of a sem trailer at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Workers set up display of 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It arrived covered on the back of semitrailer. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune People gather at the Fort Douglas Military Museum where a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center went on display Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Gold Star Mother Suzanne Wagstaff, whose son Chief Warrant Officer Matthew G. Wagstaff died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, touches a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune 9/11 firefighter's helmet rests atop a 4 1/- ton piece of the World Trade Center on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Person pays respect touching the 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Gold Star Mother Elicia Hodges touches a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune People watch as a giant American flag is raised over a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center at the Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune People salute at the Fort Douglas Military Museum during a color guard ceremony where a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center went on display Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Gold Star Mother Rose Halliday and her husband, Brad, whose son Lance Cpl. Carlos A. Aragon died in combat in Afghanistan, touches a 4 1/2 ton piece of the World Trade Center that went on display at Fort Douglas Military Museum Friday September 20. It will be on display Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium and then travel around the state. Eventually, the piece is to be put on permanent display in a planned peace park at Fort Douglas.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· September 20, 2013 9:32 pm

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A piece of the World Trade Center is in Salt Lake City through Saturday, and is slated for a statewide tour that will conclude with its return to Fort Douglas for permanent display in a planned peace park there.

The chunk of concrete weighs nearly five tons. It was excavated from a "slurry wall" that prevented the Hudson River from flooding Ground Zero after the twin towers were taken down by airborne terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001, killing more than 2,600 people in New York City.

The artifact is being purchased by Utah's Fallen Warrior Memorial group, which is working with the Fort Douglas Military Museum, to find a permanent home for it near a planned monument to honor women in the miltary.

Organizers will have the piece on display Friday near the Museum and plan to move it Saturday for display at Rice-Eccles Stadium. —

Tour dates

Concrete from the World Trade Center, destined to be a Utah's Fallen Warriors Memorial at Fort Douglas, will tour Utah cities on the following dates:

Friday • Fort Douglas Military Museum

Saturday • Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah

Monday • Logan

Tuesday • St. George

Wednesday • Cedar City

Sept. 26 • Richfield

Sept. 27 • Mt. Pleasant

Sept. 28 • Park City

Sept. 29 • Camp Williams

Sept. 30 • Lehi

Oct. 1 • Blanding

Oct. 2 • Moab

Oct. 3 • Price

Oct. 4 • Vernal

Oct. 5 • West Valley City

Oct. 6 • Sandy

Oct. 7 • Provo

Oct. 8 • Grantsville

Oct. 12 • Tooele

Source • Utah's Fallen Warriors Memorial