Napa 9/11 Memorial Garden - Napa, CA
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 38° 17.985 W 122° 17.172
10S E 562414 N 4239314
A memorial in downtown Napa, CA.
Waymark Code: WMV0E3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2017
Views: 7
The small park and memorial is located in downtown Napa. In the middle are large panels and beans of steel with the history of the event and the names of the victims. The ground is covered with sand, and there are lights to illuminate the memorial at night.
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Text on the memorial: .
9/11 is synonymous with four coordinated terrorist attacks carried out al qeda, an Islamist extremist group, on the morning of September 11,2001. The attacks killed 2,977 people. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes, deliberately crashing two of the planes into the upper floors of the North and South towers. the World Trade Center complex and a third plane into the Pentagon i1i Arlington.; Virginia.
The Twin towers at the World Trade Center ultimately collapsed bee se of the clan ige sustained from the impacts and the resulting fires.
After learning about the other attacks, passengers on the fourth hijacked plane, Flight 93, fought back, and the plane was crash in to an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington, DC.
... The attacks killed people from 93 nations. 2,753 people were killed in New York, 184 people were killed at the Pentagon and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.
The community of Napa acquired 30 tons of steel - pieces of Towers at the World T the Twin and NOW rade Center - from the Port Authority of New w York Jersey after the Port announced it would steel sections for September 11 memorials. offer Constructed from the recovered remnants of the World Trade Center, risk their lives to save others. the Napa 9/11 Memorial honors the victims of terrorism and all who This place of reflection is meant to inspire us to continue to express the courage, caring and compassion our world experienced that day.
Physical address of memorial: Main St Napa, CA USA
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Name of organization that built the memorial: Not listed
Additional coordinates: Not Listed
Website for more information: Not listed
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