9/11 Beam Memorial to Local Flight Crew - Stafford Springs, CT - Roadside Attractions on Waymarking.com

Stafford Springs, CT residents Michael Tarrou, 38, and Amy King, 29, were United Airlines flight attendants that lived together in Stafford Springs, CT. On September 11, 2001 they traveled to Logan International Airport in Boston to board their assigned flight, Flight 175, to Los Angeles International Airport. This flight was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists and flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, killing all 56 people aboard.

On September 11, 2011, on the 10th anniversary of he event, their hometown of Stafford Springs dedicated a 9/11 memorial in their honor. An I-beam from the rubble of the World Trade Center is mounted on a concrete pedestal. Among the several plaques is one, on the south side of the memorial, in memory of Michael Tarrou and Amy King.

The aluminum plaque has an image of the Statue of Liberty, the seal of the Town of Stafford and the inscription:

IN MEMORIUM
Stafford residents who lost their lives on
September 11, 2001
Amy R. King
Flight Crew, United Airlines Flight 175
Michael C. Tarrou
Flight Crew, United Airlines Flight 175

A plaque on the west side depicts the World trade center and is inscribed:

THIS MONUMENT SERVES AS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL
TO THE VICTIMS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS AT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY, THE
PENTAGON, AND THE BRAVE ACTIONS OF THE
PASSENGERS ON FLIGHT 93 IN SHANKSVILLE, PA ON

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

THIS STEEL FROM THE 20TH FLOOR OF THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE NORTH TOWER WILL
FOREVER SERVE AS A REMINDER WHY WE WILL

NEVER FORGET

DEDICATED
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Another plaque honoring the 343 NYFD fallen firefighters has the fire department emblem and is inscribed:

IN MEMORY
of our
FALLEN BROTHERS

FDNY 343
September 11th 2001

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