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explained
to the
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FEMA team lead that
he needed to access
the offices above 6
WTC, but the building
was so damaged and
vulnerable to collapse,
the leader agreed to ac-
company Scott, but re-
fused to allow the team
at his command to join
them.
September 2018 Edition
Staff members from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum traveled from New
York to Washington in early September to work with ICE personnel to professionally mount
and install the objects in preparation for the agency’s September 11 remembrance and
unveiling ceremony.
They made it to the
fifth floor, scouring
for valuable informa-
tion and equipment from the fragile Scott was asked to speak on the
shell of a building, when Scott came 17th anniversary of 9/11, as ICE
upon two American flags.
unveiled and dedicated the agen-
One of the flags proudly stands in the new
building that houses the New York offices
for U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement Homeland Security Investi-
gations (ICE HSI), formerly part of the U.S.
Customs Agency.
cy’s September 11 display of ar-
tifacts on loan to ICE Tuesday, and
share on the significance of his find,
in the midst of the deadliest attack
in New York City’s history.
In addition to the U.S. flag recovered
The other Scott had handed to his boss, from 6 WTC, other items on loan include:
and had no idea as to what happened
• A service weapon and badge recovered with the
to it, until he got a call last week, explain-
body of Captain Harry Thompson of the New
York State Unified Court System.
ing the second American flag was do-
nated to, and became a part of the • A recovered U.S. Customs Service stress ball.
• The partially melted gun barrel belonging to Of-
National September 11 Memorial &
ficer Thomas Jurgens of the New York State Uni-
Museum permanent collection.
fied Court System.
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