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Borough President Vito Fossella Plans To Restore Firefighters Memorial

8/17/2023

 
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Borough President Vito Fossella said he plans to restore the Firefighters Memorial which was destroyed when it was hit by a car on Aug. 14.

​The Firefighters Memorial has stood for 30 years at the intersection of Clove Road, Richmond Road, Targee Steet and Narrows Road North in Concord.

Borough President Fossella surveyed the damage when he visited the site on Tuesday.

A six-foot tall stone statue in the center of the memorial, which is etched with the names of fallen firefighters and the Firefighers Prayer, was knocked to the ground, along with a flag pole and a piece of steel from the World Trade Center.

Still standing were a monument in honor of 9/11 and a statue of a firefighter hugging Jesus.

A granite wall with the names of firefighters who died in the World Trade Center attacks was delivered on Tuesday as part of move from the Church of St. Peter-St. Paul before it is sold.

“The wall is now up, the stuff that was damaged was taken away,” said Borough President Fossella, expressing relief that the wall was moved after the accident.

He promised to replace anything that can be salvaged back at the site, particularly the flagpole and the steel from the World Trade Center site.

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