Arnold Second In Area to Have World Trade Center Artifact for 9/11 Memorial

The City of Arnold will become the second St. Louis metro area city to have a portion of a World Trade Center building as part of the its 9/11 Memorial.

O’Fallon, MO has a 22-ton piece of twisted metal from the World Trade Center as part of that city’s memorial to firefighters and police officers who died while attempting to evacuate people from the 1,370-foot-tall towers, a video on the O’Fallon City Hall website states.

The O’Fallon memorial is located behind the Municipal Center at 100 N Main St.

No information about the size, shape or weight of the artifact for the Arnold memorial was available.

Arnold’s tribute to first responders will be located between the Arnold Recreation Center at 1695 Missouri State Rd. and the Jefferson County Public Library-Arnold Branch at 1701 Missouri State Rd., Parks and Recreation Director Susie Boone said to Arnold City Council member during Thursday's meeting at City Hall. 

Arnold Ward 1 Councilman Cricky Lang, Ward 3 Councilman Paul Freese, Parks and Recreation Director Susie Boone, Planning and Zoning Commissioner Todd Teuscher, members of the Arnold Police Department and the Rock Community Fire Protection District are evaluating designs for Arnold’s 9/11 tribute to first responders.

A June 30 memo from Boone to Arnold City Council members, for the July  Arnold City Council meeting, said the memorial’s cost is about $5,500 not including time donated by volunteers and city employees.

Money raised is needed for shipping the artifact from New York to Arnold, landscaping, supplies and materials for the memorial, Boone wrote.

She also wrote that the Jefferson County Boy Scouts will donate a flag pole and flag toward Arnold’s memorial, and Teuscher will donate his time to design the memorial.