Thank you, Missouri!

[OxyMoron]

From today’s New York Times:

**
Statue to Fallen Firefighters to Make Its Home in New York**

He rests on bended knee, one hand resting on a helmet, the other touching his forehead in prayer — a huge bronze statue of a firefighter grieving for fallen comrades.

The Firefighters Association of Missouri had commissioned the statue a year ago … but the Missourians and the statue’s maker … now want to make it a gift to New York City to honor the more than 300 New York firefighters who are thought to have died under the collapsing World Trade Center towers.

[…]

A Parks Department official accepted the gift, but said it was too early to determine where and when the statue would be placed …

The full article is here. (Note that NYTimes articles become unavailable after 30 days.) The statue was apparently in New York, awaiting transit to Missouri when the attack occurred.

What a great gesture.

[Larry_Griffin-Kentzel]

What a great gesture.

Indeed!

[mongrel_8]

Yep, I’m glad that we Missourians could at least give some small token to those brave men for doing all that they have done. I actually live 20 minutes from where the memorial for firefighters is where that statue was supposed to go.

[stuyguy]

Hey, I saw it today on a flatbed truck on 8th Avenue! Wondered where it came from. Now I know – thanks.

[AHunter3]

Thank you, that was touching!

[Grimace]

I think I remember reading something in the Post-Dispatch a while back about the proposal for that statue. I can’t remember for the life of me where they were originally gonna put it, but I am glad they gave it to the City of New York.

A fitting tribute to those who were the true “Heroes”, and made the ultimate sacrifice.