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Chicago First Responders Memorial
The Memorial features a beam of steel placed vertically with it's foundation featuring "Chicago", "New York" and "First Responders". The beam of steel is from the World Trade Center that was destroyed in the terrorist attack on Sep 11, 2001.
Sculpture by Terrence Karpowitz
Tom Potter did the concrete work for the memorial
Unveiled : June 22, 2019
Location: Lockhart Park
10609 S. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60643
The Memorial was created in honor of Herbie Johnson, a Chicago firefighter from Morgan Park, who assisted in the recovery efforts in New York after Sep 11. Johnson, along with dozens of other Chicagoans traveled to New York City to help with the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack. The Fire Department of New York gifted the steel after Johnson died in the line of duty in 2012.
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