This evening, September 11, 2013, at 7 p.m., the Prince William County Supervisors will introduce the new World Trade Center Monument at County Complex Court in Woodbridge.
The ceremony is a memorial to those whose lives were lost on September 11, 2001, in the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington and on the four airplanes that went down that day.
However, the building of the memorial is a recent project presented to the Public Works department only a few months ago. With a “hard deadline” of Sept. 11, designers, engineers and construction personnel worked simultaneously to meet the project’s completion date.
According to Matthew Corneliussen, Public Works Project Manager for the Prince William County World Trade Center Monument, the monument was built in just a few months using pieces of the World Trade Center in New York City.
“What we have here are four pieces of steel that came from the World Trade Center in New York City,” said Corneliussen, in a YouTube video created by Prince William County Government, Communications Office.
He said the intent was always to do something unique and commemorative with the steel, and this evening that unique monument will be unveiled to the public.
Corneliussen said the date of completion had to be September 11; it could not be moved, so they worked together to meet the deadline.
“It’s been a very expedited project. We had just a couple of months from the word go,” Corneliussen said.
Residents are invited to attend the ceremony this evening.
Watch the video at Prince William County World Trade Center Monument.
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