Rise Above - Jasper County 9/11 Memorial, Jasper, TX - 9/11 Memorial Sites on Waymarking.com

Quite an impressive memorial/monument for a small East Texas town.
Featured are representations of the twin towers, backed by the American Flag, Statue of Liberty and a small Pentagon shape on the flag.
Between the two "towers" is a large rectangle of reddish brown steel.
At the base are the words:
September 11, 2001
All Gave Some, Some Gave All
Never Forget

Date of Dedication: 09/10/2016 Name of organization that built the memorial: Honor and Remember of Texans, American Legion Post 78, VFW Post 6380 and by the Citizens of Jasper, Jasper County, State of Texas Louisiana, and New York City Private or Public Monument?: Other Text on the memorial: Behind a large piece of metal visible from the front This 250-pound piece of Sacred Steel from Ground Zero was bestowed by members of the FDNY on May 11, 2016 to the centerpiece of this monument. It rest here and serves as the seal for a vault below paying tribute and honor to the Fallen. The vault holds department patches for our area First Responders and 602 dog tags of our Texas Military fallen heroes since 9-11. A Texas Memorial of Honored Remembrance Timeline of attacks 8:46 a.m. American Airlines flight 11 strikes North Tower 1, World Trade Center, New York 9:03 a.m. United Airlines flight 175 strikes South Tower 2, World Trade Center, New York 9:06 a.m. American Airlines flight 77 strikes the Pentagon, Washington D.C. 9:08 a.m. American Airlines flight 903 crashes in a field at Shanksville, Pennsylvania 9:59 a.m. South Tower 2, World Trade Center collapses 10:28 a.m. North Tower 1, World Trade Center collapses 5:20 p.m. 47 story Seven World Trade Center collapses Casualties of attacks Flight 11 - 92 Flight 175 - 65 Flight 77 - 64 Flight 93 - 45 North Tower 1 1402 South Tower 2 614 Pentagon 125 Shanksville Pa 1 First Responders Casualties NYC fire department 343 NYC police department 23 NY Port Authority Department 37 Emergency Medical Tech 8 Canine, “Sirus” 1 Texas Military Fallen Heroes Iraq 187 Afghanistan 420 "Rise Above" "We will always honor their selfless sacrifice, and remember each individual by name" Jasper Remembers 9-11 Memorial Monument Dedicated September 10, 2016 Honor and Remember of Texans, American Legion Post 78, VFW Post 6380 and by the Citizens of Jasper, Jasper County, State of Texas, Louisiana, and New York City Physical address of memorial: Jasper County Courthouse Jasper, TX USA 75963 Additional coordinates: Not Listed Website for more information: Not listed

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