The city of Bayonne has unveiled a new memorial n honor of the victims of the Sept. 11th
terrorist attacks.
The memorial honors the 20th anniversary
of the attacks. Part of the memorial was delayed for several months last year
because of COVID-19.
The monument features steel beams donated to the
fire department from Ground Zero. It also features the names of the lives lost
in the attacks.
Bayonne’s other 9/11
memorial has caused a bit of
controversy. The anti-terrorism monument, or the
Teardrop Memorial, was given to Bayonne by Russian President Vladimir Putin in
2005.
The 10-story monument honors
the lives of those lost during the attacks on the World Trade Center. Several
members of the community perished that day.
The memorial bears Putin’s name, and since
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine several weeks ago, city officials moved forward
and covered the president’s name.
“If he makes right toward
Ukraine, then we can have a ceremony unveiling it again,” says Mayor Jimmy
Davis. “If he doesn’t, then that’ll be something that we as the city would
decide and the biggest thing is not to damage any part of that monument.”
The monument also honors the
FDNY, the NYPD and the Port Authority Police Department. It will also honor
Bayonne resident William Mackow, who died in the 1993 attack.