From FDNY

It carried numerous heroes on Sept. 11, 2001, and on July 20, the apparatus used by members of Ladder 3 to respond to the World Trade Center became a part of the 9/11 Memorial Museum’s permanent installation.

More than 75 family members, friends and fellow firefighters attended the solemn tribute ceremony.

“The truck is a reminder of the condition the Department was in after 9/11,” Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said, in reference to its damage. “Seeing it here today was very emotional, but it shows our families we have not forgotten their loved ones’ sacrifice.”

Twelve members of Ladder 3 were lost while evacuating civilians from the North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001.

The front of the apparatus was shorn off in the collapse of the towers. Its main body and ladders were damaged beyond repair and some of the company’s rescue tools are entangled in the vehicle. It has been stored at Hangar 17 at JFK International Airport since its recovery.

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