Officers Will Bike 300 Miles For Fallen Brethren

On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, three Chicago-area police officers will ride to benefit the families of officers killed in the line of duty.

Come September, Northbrook Police Officer Michael Shep plans to drive 800 miles to New York City, then bike another 300 miles more from Ground Zero to the Pentagon.

Shep is putting those miles on his car and his bicycle as part of Tour De Force 2011, an annual ride that honors victims of 9/11 and raises money for the families of officers who have been killed in the line of duty across the country each year.

Anyone interested in donating to Shep’s ride with the Tour de Force can do so by searching for his name on the donations page of the Tour de Force website, at http://www.tourdeforceny.com/sections/donation.asp, or by contacting Shep directly at 847-509-5381 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 847-509-5381 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

Ft. Worth aquires structural column from the World Trade Center’s North Tower

The Ft. Worth Museum of Science & History has acquired a piece of history. A 6500-pound exterior structural column from the World Trade Center’s North Tower, which was destroyed during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, will be added to the museum's permanent collection. The display will include details of the attacks and is scheduled to open on September 11, 2011, the ten-year anniversary.

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Maryland's 9/11 Memorial

The Maryland 9/11 Memorial will be located on the plaza of the World Trade Center in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It will commemorate the heroism, commitment, and sacrifice of the 48 Marylanders who lost their lives that day, their families and the 9/11 rescuers.

The memorial, which will incorporate steel beams from New York's Twin Towers, is scheduled to be unveiled this year, the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.

http://baltimorerealestate.citybizlist.com/1/2011/1/24/ZigerSnead-to-Design-Marylands-911-Memorial.aspx

'Ground Zero' steel comes to Enfield to join fire department's 9/11 memorial

Enfield is receiving a piece of the towers as part of a Port Authority program to distribute artifacts from Ground Zero to any fire department, police department or municipal agency wishing to incorporate it into a permanent and public Sept. 11 display.

The steel beams, each 18 feet long and weighing about 1,400 pounds each, were part of the World Trade Towers that came crashing to earth when the towers collapsed following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Specifically, they were part of the building frame on the north face of the north tower.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/a_part_of_ground_zero_comes_to.html

Piece of WTC steel coming to Tucson

A piece of World Trade Center steel is coming to Tucson.

It's a gift from FDNY to Northwest Fire District.

The beam will go on permanent display at Northwest Fire's new training center that is under construction.

The steel is about 26 by 14 inches, and weighs 200 pounds.

The display will honor the 9-11 victims, including the 343 New York City firefighters who died while saving others.

2011 is the ten year anniversary of the World Trade Center bombing.

When the training center opens later this year, Northwest Fire will dedicate the steel during a special ceremony

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=14025914

'Rescue Me' finale date to coincide with 9/11 Anniversary

The series finale of the FX drama Rescue Me has been set for a date that will tie into its 9/11 origins.

The Sept. 6 broadcast will coincide with programming commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York -- the event which inspired the Denis Leary series about NYC firefighters dealing with the physical and emotional aftermath of the event.

The network deliberately chose not to air the finale on Sept. 11, notes the Associated Press.

FX president John Landgraf said Saturday at the TCA winter press tour, "It seemed appropriate not to air it on the day because there are more solemn and appropriate things to do on the day. The weeks surrounding the day seemed to be the appropriate place to do it."

Rescue Me will wrap up after its seventh season.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/rescue-finale-date-set-coincide-72181

The Space Between to Air on USA network - 9/11 Anniversary

The USA Network has acquired The Space Between, a movie about a lonely flight attendant and a 10-year-old Pakistani-American boy set on the morning of 9/11, and will air it on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/13/usa-the-space-between-melissa-leo/