Moon Township near Carnot-Moon in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Moon Township September 11th Memorial
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel
1. Moon Township September 11th Memorial
The Tenth Anniversary of the Terrorist Attacks on the United States of America
The Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company and the Township of Moon
Dedicate this memorial in memory of the 2,752 persons who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. 343 New York City fire fighters, 37 Port Authority Police Officers, 23 New York Police Officers and 2,349 building occupants of the towers lost their lives.
We also dedicate it to the memory of the 33 airline employees and 232 passengers on American flights 11 and 77 and United flights 93 and 175 and to the 184 occupants of the Pentagon Office Building who died in these attacks.
This steel column was part of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Erected 2011 by The Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company and the Township of Moon.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: 9/11 Attacks • Air & Space • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Law Enforcement. In addition, it is included in the World Trade Center Beams series list.
Location. 40° 30.263′ N, 80° 12.445′
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Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hyeholde (approx. Ό mile away); Joshua Meeks (approx. 0.4 miles away); Robin Hill Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); 899 Old Thorn Run Road (approx. one mile away); Carnot (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Rudolph Family Gardens (approx. 1.2 miles away); Alumni Commons Gazebo (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mooncrest (approx. 1½ miles away).
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel
2. Moon Township September 11th Memorial
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel
3. Moon Township September 11th Memorial
Piece of the North Tower on display
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2019, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 788 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 17, 2019, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
